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...always objected to external interference in its academic affairs. That's why it seemed strange when the University consented last year to aid the Iranian government--notorious for tight control over the minds and actions of its citizens--in founding a graduate research center in Iran. The policies of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi are, in many ways, diametrically opposed to precisely those ideals of free expression of speech and thought with which Harvard has always been associated...
Iran is a country virtually run by one person--the Shah, who came to power 22 years ago in a CIA-sponsored coup. A force of 70,000 ever-present secret police, the SAVAK, makes it impossible to question the Shah's policies...
Frederick H. Abernathy, McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering a member of the Joint Harvard-Iran Commission working to found the Iranian university, says questions of academic freedom may not come into play in an institute devoted exclusively to science and economics. If a student were studying the Shah and condemned him as dictorial, Abernathy adds, "Well, one just doesn't do that in Iranian society...
...proposed Reza Shah Kebir University (RSKU) 500-person post-doctoral institute, "will probably avoid many of the political issues" that develop in larger schools like the University of Teheran, says Richard G. Leahy, associate dean for resources and planning and executive director of the commission. RSKU will be set up to create "an atmosphere that would engender scholarly research" rather than political activity, he says...
Though the Iranians refused to say whether the loan was on or off, the signs were not encouraging. Pan Am Chairman William Seawell went to Tehran last month with high hopes for progress, but returned without ever seeing the Shah. He was told by other Iranian officials that all proposed foreign loans are "under review." Despite high oil prices, slackened world demand cut Iran's petroleum revenue by $4 billion last year, to $16 billion, and Iranian Ministries are jostling to grab all available funds for domestic development projects. Privately, Iranians also express worry about...