PHILADELPHIA – April 18, 2023 – McGill University in Montreal, Canada, publicly confirmed it has pulled the plug on its partnership with the virulently antisemitic University of Tehran, in response to Middle East Forum fellow Benjamin Weinthal’s 13-month investigation, which culminated in a National Post exposé on McGill’s deep ties with the Tehran regime.
McGill in 2013 declared itself “proud” of its “44-year association” with the University of Tehran, where it maintains its “Tehran Branch.” It did not respond to repeated inquiries by Mr. Weinthal, beginning in February 2022, on the relationship’s status.
On March 9, 2023, Mr. Weinthal teamed with Charles Small in Canada’s National Post to expose McGill’s deep ties with Iran’s murderous regime and its mainstreaming of antisemitism through its partnership with the University of Tehran.
A few weeks later, McGill’s Media Relations Office stated: “Currently, there is no active research program associated with the Tehran Branch and McGill has no formal partnership agreement with the University of Tehran.”
“Persistence pays off,” said Mr. Weinthal. “No institution should maintain an academic partnership with an Iranian regime-controlled university seeking the extermination of Jews and the destruction of the Jewish state. Better late than never.”
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