Kamran Daneshjoo
| Kamran Daneshjoo | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Science, Research and Technology | |
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In office 9 August 2009 – 17 August 2013 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Zahedi |
| Succeeded by | Jafar Towfighi (Acting) |
| Governor of Tehran | |
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In office 29 August 2005 – 16 July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Akbar Rahmani |
| Succeeded by | Morteza Tamadon |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 February 1956 Damghan, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
Kamran Daneshjoo (Persian: کامران دانشجو) (born 2 February 1956) is an Iranian university professor who was Minister of Science from 2009 to 2013.
Early life and Education
His web-site, Where?, claims he has a Bs.C. degree from Queen Mary College (UK) and a 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 having 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
Before being selected as Iran's minister of science, research, and technology, Daneshjoo was the head of the headquarters for the Iranian presidential election, 2009.[6] 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
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.[7] Similar plagiarism has been found in three other papers by Daneshjou.[8] Iranian scientists said they intend to press for a plagiarism inquiry.[9] Another paper for which he took credit has since been retracted by Engineering with Computers.[10]
Gender segregation in universities
Daneshjou has also called for the segregation of university students based on gender in accordance with the "Islamic worldview".[11]
Ideological cleansing of universities
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.[12][13]
Sanctions
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.[14]
References
- ↑ "Daneshjo - Iran University of Science & Technology - School of Mechanical Engineering". Iust.ac.ir. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ↑ Persian language blogs
- 1 2 3 "Exclusive: Paper co-authored by Iran’s science minister duplicates earlier paper : Nature News Blog". Blogs.nature.com. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ↑ "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. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "No Operation". Presstv.ir. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ↑ Accusations of plagiarism against Daneshjoo
- ↑ Further accusations of plagiarism against Daneshjoo
- ↑ Plagiarism inquiry requested re Daneshjoo
- ↑ www.springerlink.com
- ↑ "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. 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
- Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran (February 2010), New Haven, Connecticut.
