Iranian University Firing 1,500 More Professors
Saturday, 02/12/2022
Author: Iran International
Iran’s Azad University has fired 325 professors and lecturers in recent months and has decided now to dismiss 1,500 more, Iran International TV reported.
According to information received by the station, about 40 of the professors were from the southwestern province of Kurdistan while more professors were fired in provinces with substantial religious and ethnic minorities. The university has dozens of campuses around the country.
The former head of the recruitment board at the Islamic Azad University, who resigned in September wrote in his resignation letter that about 1,800 people were referred to the authorities for severance pay, and 325 were let go.