Nazanin Shahrokni, Department of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley Parastoo Dokouhaki, Journalist, Tehran On August 6, with the new academic year approaching, the government-backed Mehr News Agency in Iran posted a bulletin that 36 universities in the country had excluded women from 77 fields of study. The reported restrictions aroused something of an international [...]

By Azam Khatam, York University, Toronto Iranian social science is experiencing a new wave of ideological assault following the demonstrations against the result of the June 2009 presidential election, which turned into a widespread and continuing movement for freedom. Social Science universities have been accused of being Westoxicated, that is, provoking skepticism and brainwashing students [...]