Thread: Amid #IranProtests2022, Tehran University organized an emergency seminar for the institution's professors to discuss the reasons behind the unrest & potential ways out of the current crisis. I'll translate portions of sociologist Taghi Azadarmaki's statements: 1/10 #Iran
"It’s inappropriate to say that we're not knowledgeable, so we have to find interdisciplinary expertise. As a sociologist, I know what’s going on in this country and can provide a sociological analysis of the issue." 2/10 #Iran #IranProtests2022
"Since you don’t want to officially acknowledge my scholarship & my understanding, you say we need interdisciplinary knowledge. When psychologist speaks, you say [we need] interdisciplinary knowledge. The economist talks, you say [we need] interdisciplinary knowledge." 3/10 #Iran
"What does this mean? What kind of game did you start in this country? The opposition figure or protester that you have eliminated has become inactive. His inactivity has no benefit for you. On the contrary, they should've been positive activists in this country." 4/10 #Iran
"Then you could’ve at least blamed them. You could’ve said some critical force in the Social Science Department, this professor or that professor, is creating these incidents. Then, you could’ve had them monitored. Who is saying the [people on the street] are rioters?" 5/10 #Iran
"What study or social research has concluded the people on the street are rioters? I was on Enghleab street yesterday. Who is saying they are representatives of the West? Mossad’s mercenaries? They are the children of this country. Don’t twist words." 6/10 #IranProtests2022 #Iran
"But, they are trapped in this game. Who has created this game? We have created it. Restricting the cyberspace turned the majority of the people who had cellphones in hand for entertainment into political activists." 7/10 #Iran #IranProtests2022 #IranProtests
"The leader of the [1979] Revolution was Imam [Khomeini], but the revolution was not led by the clerics. It was led by the middle class. We forgot this and that's why we are being punished for it today. Let’s not be misled." 8/10 #Iran #IranProtests2022
"Some are presenting a fraudulent historic version of the Islamic Revolution, which I've discussed in a thousand places. We've turned all the country's moral, religious, cultural, & social ideals political. We've turned everything political. So, we've to be punished." 9/10 #Iran
"We make everything political, but don’t have political parties so a politician could [resolve the issue]. Who comes then? The hapless security forces. Then the Intelligence Ministry & the IRGC have to come [for backup] because they’ll be hit w/ sticks & get killed." 10/10 #Iran
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