Iran restricts studies in social sciences

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Iran has imposed new restrictions on 12 university social sciences deemed to be based on western schools of thought and therefore incompatible with Islamic teachings, state radio reported on Sunday.

The list includes law, philosophy, management, psychology, political science and the two subjects that appear to cause the most concern among Iran’s conservative leadership — women’s studies and human rights.

“The content of the current courses in the 12 subjects is not in harmony with religious fundamentals and they are based on western schools of thought,” senior education official Abolfazl Hassani told state radio.

Hassani said the restrictions prevent universities from opening new departments in these subjects. The government will also revise the content of current programmes by up to 70 per cent over the next few years, he said.

The decision is seen as a response to concerns expressed last year by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said the subjects could lead to religious doubts. Khamenei urged officials to take altering the curriculum into “serious consideration.”

In 1980, Iran closed down universities for two years to get rid of partisan students of political groups, mostly armed leftist ones.


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[somebozo]

these west fobia poltics are signs of country being ruled by undercover zionist puppers whose sole intention is to gradually destroy country youth. Like the Pakistan of 80's and saudi arabia under king fahad where mutaween engaged in systematically pushing societ backward and depriving it from intellactual under disguise of islam!

 

[Last Hope]

What i can clearly see over here is that,
They are afraid that their citizens will study these subjects and find out that all that is happening plus the government laws and officials are 'illegal'

They dont want there people to stand against them!