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Iran academic crackdown
Iran academic crackdown
Last Modified: 31 May 2007
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Channel 4 News
There are growing fears that academic freedom could be a casualty of the escalating stand-off between Iran and the west.
The Iranian intelligence ministry has warned the country's academics they could be suspected of spying if they have contact with Western universities.
And in a coincidence of timing, Britain's main academic union has voted for a boycott of Israeli universities.
David Fuller reports.
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