Iranian Professor Arrested in Ongoing Crackdown on Academic Freedom
03 June 2024 | Iran International
Hassan Bagherinia, a dissident and former faculty member at Iran’s Hakim Sabzevari University, has been arrested after Iranian security forces conducted a raid on his residence, confiscating all electronic devices. His daughters were also threatened not to speak out about the raid in which his family's devices were also confiscated.
Bagherinia, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, was dismissed from his university role due to his vocal opposition to the government's violent crackdown on protesters during the 2022 uprising in Iran in which over 500 Iranians were killed…