Many Iranian academics want to leave country; lawmaker
An Iranian lawmaker says many university professors have applied for retirement or are planning to leave the country amid economic hardships.
Reformist Member of Parliament from Tabriz Massoud Pezeshkian told ILNA news agency on Wednesday that despite the call by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to boost innovation, nothing special will happen in academia until authorities change their views and perspectives.
Officials will face an uphill battle implementing this slogan because most of the things that the parliament has approved are not practical or science-based and would further restrict universities in innovation and employment, Pezeshkian noted.
Pezeshkian added that when the parliament, the presidential administration and the judiciary choose private sector contractors for projects, you cannot encourage the academics to stay in the government universities to boost efforts with the same salary.
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