“I find this new appointment deeply troubling and a huge setback to the prospects of science in Iran.”
Many Iranian scientists are dismayed about last week’s appointment of a hardline conservative cleric as the new secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution , a body with considerable power over science, academic life, and culture in Iran.
The appointment comes amid monthslong antigovernment protests and the emergence of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died while in custody of Iran’s morality police in September 2022. The protests have led toAmong other responsibilities, SCCR elects university deans and the presidents of the Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Academy of Arts.
But critics of Khosropanah say his past statements and actions show he is not qualified for the job. In a 2021 TV appearance, the cleric said he had caught COVID-19 three times and cured it with a plant-based traditional Islamic potion every time. He claimed the efficacy of such treatments had been scientifically proved, and that they had fewer side effects than COVID-19 vaccines.
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