Source of news The Jerusalem Post: Professors who supported student protesters have been suspended or fired as regime authorities crack down on activists.

A number of Iranian professors who expressed support for protesting students during the demonstrations that swept Iran after the killing of Mahsa Amini last year have been fired or suspended in the weeks leading up to the anniversary of Amini's death, according to reports by student unions and opposition-affiliated media.

 
On Saturday, a Telegram channel reportedly affiliated with student unions across Iran stated that two professors from the Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran,  were informed that their contract had been canceled over the phone. The two professors supported protesting students during the protests last year, according to the union.

A Telegram channel reportedly affiliated with a student union at the University of Tehran stated that at least seven professors had their courses removed from course listings without any warning.

Additionally, on Saturday, Dr. Ali Sharifi Zarchi, a professor at Sharif University of Technology, announced in a post on the X platform that he had been dismissed from his position at the university.......

The regime authorities have made the most of the opportunity of the absence of students in the university and purged concerned professors in the summer so that just as they empty the university of protesting students, they also empty the university of professors who did not remain silent against the oppression and were with the students