A UK newspaper reports today that Iran has now arrested 70 professors who met with the opposition leader, Mousavi, recently. They also report that journalists are going missing in large numbers.If you weren't already horrified , now is the time to panic about the state of affairs in Iran.
This is not just self- interest talking (I am, after all, a professor). This is a reaction based on history. Whenever republics start locking up intellectuals, things are officially spinning out of control in a very very bad way.
Cambodia under the Kmer Rouge
Bosnia under General Krstic
Rwanda
Darfur under al-Bashir
Germany under the Nazis.
When they start locking up professors, especially in a country like Iran where education is so highly esteemed, the world needs to take notice.
