Kamran Daneshjoo (Persian: کامران دانشجو; born 2 February 1956) is an Iranian university professor who was Minister of Science from 2009 to 2013.
Kamran Daneshjoo | |
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 Daneshjoo in 2014 | |
| Minister of Science, Research and Technology | |
| In office 3 September 2009 – 17 August 2013 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Zahedi |
| Succeeded by | Jafar Towfighi (Acting) |
| Acting Minister of Interior | |
| In office 4 November 2008 – 24 December 2008 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Ali Kordan |
| Succeeded by | Sadegh Mahsouli |
| Governor of Tehran | |
| In office 29 August 2005 – 16 July 2008 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Ali Akbar Rahmani |
| Succeeded by | Morteza Tamadon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1956 Damghan, Iran |
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Early life and education edit
His web-site, Where?, claims he has a Bs.C. degree from Queen Mary College (UK) and an Ms.C. degree from Imperial College, after which at some point he was expelled from the UK and restricted from entering the Schengen Area due to a prior arson attempt at the Penguin Book Store in London. He obtained his PhD by "The Viva examination held at Amirkabir University of technology, Iran June 1989".[1] His claim to have earned a PhD has been disputed in Persian language blogs;[2] previously, his web-page mentioned the Manchester Imperial Institute of Science and Technology as the institute granting the Ph.D.[3]
It was reported that when obtaining Majlis's vote of confidence, the parliament speaker Ali Larijani defended him, saying he obtained his certificate in Tehran after he was kicked out of a London college for "participating in a rally opposing" British writer Salman Rushdie.[4]
It was also reported by the Mehr News Agency on 30 August 2009 that, following a probe into Daneshjoo's background during his ministerial nomination procedure, the chairman of the Education Committee of Iran's parliament, Ali Abbaspour-Tehrani announced: "He [Kamran Daneshjoo] does not have a PhD, neither from London's Imperial College nor from the Amirkabir University."[5]
Political career edit
Before being selected as Iran's minister of science, research, and technology, Daneshjoo was the head of Country's Election Headquarters for the 2009 Iranian presidential election. He is accused by opposition leaders of being one of the engineers of election fraud.
Daneshjou is the co-author of an article published in the journal Engineering with Computers in 2009. In many places the text duplicates verbatim that of an earlier paper: "Ricochet of a tungsten heavy alloy long-rod projectile from deformable steel plates", published by South Korean scientists in the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics in 2002.[3]
Plagiarism edit
On 22 September 2009, Nature, the prominent British scientific journal, reported that "large chunks of text, figures, and tables in a 2009 paper co-authored by Kamran Daneshjou, Iran's science minister, are identical to those of a 2002 paper published by South Korean researchers".[3] On 25 September 2009, Springer, the publisher that Daneshjou's paper, was submitted to, retracts paper by Iran's science minister.[6] Similar plagiarism has been found in three other papers by Daneshjou.[7] Iranian scientists said they intend to press for a plagiarism inquiry.[8] Another paper for which he took credit has since been retracted by Engineering with Computers.[9]
Gender segregation in universities edit
Daneshjou has also called for the segregation of university students based on gender in accordance with the "Islamic worldview".[10]
Ideological cleansing of universities edit
Daneshjoo has stated that he intends to remove university professors and students who do not have a proven commitment to Islam and the Velayat-e faqih. He has also blamed much of the current post-election unrest in Iranian universities on "subversive" behavior by students and professors.[11][12]
Sanctions edit
Daneshjoo has been on the sanction list of the European Union since December 2011 due to his alleged role in the Iran's missile development and nuclear program.[13]
References edit
- ^ "Daneshjo - Iran University of Science & Technology - School of Mechanical Engineering". Iust.ac.ir. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Persian language blogs
- ^ a b c "Exclusive: Paper co-authored by Iran's science minister duplicates earlier paper : Nature News Blog". Blogs.nature.com. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Iran MPs to debate oil and interior ministries". Petroleum World. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014.
- ^ Mehr News Agency. 30 August 2009.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Accusations of plagiarism against Daneshjoo". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ Butler, Declan (2009). "Iranian ministers in plagiarism row". Nature. 461 (7264): 578–579. doi:10.1038/461578a. PMID 19794465. S2CID 4343522.
- ^ Butler, Declan (2009). "Publisher retracts paper by Iran's science minister". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2009.945.
- ^ Daneshjou, Kamran; Shahravi, Majid (2009). "Retracted Article: Analysis of critical ricochet angle using two space discretization methods". Engineering with Computers. 25 (2): 191–206. doi:10.1007/s00366-008-0118-x. S2CID 11868335.
- ^ "Iranian Minister backs gender segregation in universities". Payvand Iran News. 28 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Minister of Science's Statements Are Against the Iranian Constitution, Islamic Penal Code, and International Conventions". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Iranian minister calls for political cleansing of universities". Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Council Decision 2011/783/CFSP". EU Official Gazette. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
Sources edit
- Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran (February 2010), New Haven, Connecticut.