Iranian cosmologist Encieh Erfani tells nature that protesting students are shaming the professors who refuse to speak out
Mahsa Amini's death in police custody has sparked protests in Iran and worldwide, such as in Toulouse, France, on 9 October.For the past four weeks, Iran has been convulsed by daily protests following the death in police custody of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, on 16 September. The authorities’ response has been beyond brutal. More than 185 people have been killed and more than 110 students have been taken into custody. Many universities are, in effect, closed.
Academic staff are conflicted about what to do. But silence was no longer an option for Encieh Erfani, a cosmologist who studies dark-matter candidate particles. On 23 September, Erfani resigned from the physics department at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences in Zanjan, and is now in a secure location.. “I could not keep silent while blood is being shed in the streets.
The pressure on women is much greater, because they check whether your dress code is according to the rules. You must be careful about what you wear, what you do, what you say. Talking about women’s rights is not allowed. I am aware of sexual-harassment cases but nobody can talk about them.You are working for the government and you ask yourself: why should I stay in a system that is a brutal dictatorship? I did not want to stay in that system.
Female students are now removing their hijabs inside the university. You never used to see that in a university in Iran. They are crossing many, many red lines. A few faculty members are resigning: that, too, is completely new. And Iranian scholars outside Iran who have collaborations in Iran and used to stay silent are now supporting those inside.The government made a big mistake in attacking Sharif University. It represents the elite of Iranian science.
In experimental science you need instruments, but we cannot buy them because of sanctions. Telescopes larger than about 35 centimetres are under sanctions, because it is deemed that they could be used for spying. Imagine, a telescope under sanctions. If you want to impose sanctions, then impose them on the minister of science and education. The heads of universities should not get their visas easily and should not be allowed to be involved in collaborations.
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