Tehran professors denounce violence on protesters
AP / ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY
04-Jan-2010 (one comment)

TEHRAN, Iran – Nearly 90 professors at Tehran University have told Iran's supreme leader that ongoing violence against protesters shows the weakness of the country's leadership, a pro-reform Web site reported Monday, reflecting a growing willingness to risk careers and studies to challenge the ruling clerics.

The current rumblings from universities highlight the evolution of the opposition movement. What began as raw and angry voter backlash after last June's disputed presidential election has moved to a possibly deeper and more ingrained fight against Iran's Islamic leaders

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hamsade ghadimi

brave professors

by hamsade ghadimi on Tue Jan 05, 2010 08:34 AM PST

putting your actual name on a petition while living inside iran is like putting your neck on the guillotine stand and hoping the executioner will have a heart.  i think it was also symbolic that there were 88 signatures for the uprising of 1388.  the regime has dug such a deep hole that their only strategy is to keep digging deeper and deeper.  they will not heed to any protests (people), petitions (professors, expats), or requests for compromise (mousavi).  that's why this act seems especially courageous.  if abdolkarim soroush was younger, i know what advice he would've given to the regime regarding these professors.


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