Homa Hoodfar.
Concordia in the news
Posted on July 12, 2016
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- Worldwide coverage continues of reports originating from Iranian news agencies that Homa Hoodfar has been indicted by state prosecutors in Iran under charges that have yet to be made public: Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time, BBC.com, The Times of Israel, Haaretz, CTV National News (video and text) Radio-Canada video and text, reprised by Sympatico.ca (Simone de Beauvoir Institute professor Geneviève Rail appearing at the 40-second mark of the video report), Global National (video and text), National Post, The Globe and Mail, Radio Canada International, Montreal Gazette, the Gazette's e-edition, La Presse +, LaPresse.ca, Le Devoir, Le Journal de Montréal, TVA.ca, Huffington Post Québec, Canoe Actualités, 98,5fm.ca, L'actualité, Maclean's, Reuters, Al Jazeera, NBCNews.com, U.S. News and World Report, Stars and Stripes, Boston Herald, Metro News US, Metro News Canada, Toronto Sun, University Affairs, Inside Higher Ed, Tehran Times, The China Post, Middle East Eye, The Asian Age and more than 500 others.
- In other coverage of the Homa Hoodfar arrest: Simone de Beauvoir Institute professor Geneviève Rail is interviewed on the CTV News Channel (reprised by 24news.ca), where she says Iran's accusations against Hoodfar are fabricated and describes Hoodfar as an asset to Concordia, Canada and Iranian society; on its front page, Le Devoir reports on speculation that Hoodfar may have been detained to serve as a diplomatic bargaining chip in any process aimed at resuming diplomatic relations between Canada and Iran; similar speculation is reported in the National Post (reprised by the Regina Leader-Post) and CBC.ca; The Globe and Mail reports on an official statement from Ottawa that the government is looking into the reported indictment and is "actively engaged" in her case; the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa adds its voice to the call for Hoodfar's release and links to a letter sent by the Concordia University Faculty Association to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.