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Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani waves after swearing in at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran on August 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
by Ali M. Pedram | Oct 16, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian president Hassan Rouhani called for increased academic freedom in a speech at the University of Tehran on Monday. Rouhani reiterated the importance of healthy academic debate and demanded an end to obsessive scrutiny of students and...
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Iran’s caretaker minister of higher education, Jaafar Towfiqi (Photo courtesy of office of the president of Iran)
by Mansoureh Farahani | Sep 2, 2013 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Jaafar Towfiqi, a former minister of science, research and technology, was chief campaigner for former presidential candidate Mohammad-Reza Aref. After the parliament rejected President Hassan Rouhani’s choice for his old portfolio, Jaafar...
