Free Homa Hoodfar.

Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution: 

• The Montreal Gazette writes about the growing movement, notably among academics at Concordia and worldwide, to pressure Iran for the release of retired Concordia professor Homa Hoodfar, arrested in Iran and detained at Evin prison. It quotes Kimberley Manning, associate professor of political science and principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, and Margie Mendell, professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs and friend of Hoodfar. President Alan Shepard is paraphrased from a university statement about Hoodfar's arrest and detention. The online article includes a video of Hoodfar's niece Amanda Ghahremani, who voices the family's concern for the 65-year old Hoodfar's health, owing to a neurological condition for which she requires medication. Ghahremani urges all concerned individuals to visit the new Free Homa website and get behind efforts to pressure Iran for Hoodfar's release. The Gazette article appears also in the paper's e-edition, is linked to by EIN World News Report(behind a registration wall)  and is reprised by MSN News.
• Marc Lafrance, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, was on CTV Montreal News at noon yesterday to discuss efforts to secure Homa Hoodfar’s release.
• AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall) posts a release from the Concordia University Faculty Association (CUFA demanding the immediate, unconditional release of Homa Hoodfar.
• The Lethbridge Herald reprises an earlier opinion piece from the The Toronto Star echoing calls for Ottawa to press Iran on the Hoodfar detention.
• Eurasia Review picks up coverage of the Hoodfar arrest and Middle East Eye reports on Canada's efforts to help Hoodfar.

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