TEHRAN – A number of Iranian universities have expressed readiness to grant scholarships to the students expelled for pro-Palestine demonstrations in the United States and Europe.

Shiraz University, Shahid Beheshti University, Razi University, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Ferdowsi University, and Elm-o Sanat-e Iran University (Iran University of Science and Technology) announced that they will provide scholarships for these students and fully cover the cost of education, dormitory, and accommodation.

What is taking place in Gaza reveals the nature of Western civilization and the truthfulness of the message of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, one of the great causes of which was supporting Palestine, Mohammad Moazzeni, the head of Shiraz University, said.

Moazzeni criticized the harsh treatment of student protesters by the police in the US and Europe, saying, "They exert a lot of violence in order to contain this raging movement and have even threatened to expel the students from universities and hinder their employment in the future, and such autocratic methods show the decline of global arrogance.”

Mohammad-Nabi Ahmadi, the head of Razi University, said: “Professors and scholars of American universities who have been expelled from the university for supporting the defenseless people of Palestine and expressing their disgust with the usurping Zionist regime, can teach at Razi University.”

Davood Younesian, the head of Elm-o Sanat University, said: “We admit them under the same conditions as they were studying. That is, we will provide them with the same facilities that were offered to them in European and American countries.”

Numerous campuses in the U.S. and Europe are hosting protests by students against the Israeli assault on Gaza, which has resulted in over 34,000 fatalities since October of last year and is supported by Washington. 

The students are demanding that academic institutions distance themselves from any companies supporting the war being waged by the Israeli authorities in the beleaguered Palestinian area. 

Hundreds of students have been arrested, suspended, placed on probation, and in some cases, expelled from institutions in the last ten days. 

MG