Collective efforts needed to counter US unchecked power: Sharif University 

January 28, 2026 - 21:17
‘Overt military intimidation and economic strangulation designed to incite internal fragmentation entail global attention’ 

TEHRAN - Sharif University of Technology has issued a statement signed by 103 faculty members warning against the global threats of the unchecked power of the United States and the need for a collective responsibility to counter them. 

We, faculty members of Sharif University of Technology, believe the current trajectory of the United States’ foreign policy has crossed beyond the bounds of international law. These policies are not merely a challenge to the security of Iran as an independent state; they represent a profound threat to international peace and the global order.

The United States has opened new horizons for state-sponsored violence through the assassination of scientists, the abduction of officials, and the legitimization of aggression against civilian populations. This school of thought, in its own omnipotence, has led the American leadership to dismantle international institutions and norms, resulting in the death of countless innocent people worldwide. From the ruins of Gaza and Yemen to the besieged sovereignty of Venezuela and Libya, the imprint of this destructive doctrine is undeniable.

This represents a deliberate degradation of the international system from a state of civil society to a Hobbesian state of nature, where raw power and escalating violence replace law and dialogue. The policies being deployed against Iran’s nation— overt military intimidation, covert operations, and economic strangulation designed to incite internal fragmentation —demand global attention and resistance now, before another region or nation would be ruined by the consequences of the
U.S. imperial aggression.

We recognize a universal human responsibility. We must all—irrespective of our differing political beliefs—work to inform the global publics about the catastrophic consequences of these malicious policies. We must unequivocally condemn this pattern of intervention and violence.

As scholars and citizens of one of the world’s oldest civilizations, we call for the mobilization of all national, regional, and international capacities to resist complicity with these inhumane policies. We must unite to prevent the world from descending further into a state where might makes right and where powerful actors are free to act without law or limits.

Our stance is one of the principles in defense of human dignity and a just world order. We stand in solidarity with all peoples who are threatened by the lashes of unrestrained power and violence, conscious that in our own homeland, Iran, the time for vigilance and collective action is now.

Signed,
A group of concerned faculty members Sharif University of Technology Tehran, Iran

  1. Farhad Ardalan
  2. Mehdi Golshani
  3. Saeed Sohrabpour
  4. Mohammad Ali Kouchakzadeh
  5. Rahim Faez
  6. Rasool Jalili
  7. Masoud Darbandi
  8. Saeed Behzadipour
  9. Mohammad Etemadi
  10. Majid Abbaspour
  11. Seyyed Abbas Mousavi
  12. Aria Alasty
  13. Hassan Salarieh
  14. Alireza Bahrampour
  15. Mehdi Ehsan
  16. Azam Iraji zad
  17. Seyed Mohammad Mahdavi
  18. Hadi Nobahari
  19. Hamid Behroozi
  20. Amir Hossein Jahangir
  21. Jafar Habibi
  22. Behzad Ahi
  23. Shahab Ayatollahi
  24. Ali Fotowat Ahmady
  25. Mohammad Reza Arasti
  26. Mohammad Saeed Seif
  27. Hossein Asadi
  28. Javad Akbari
  29. Karim Mazaheri
  30. Alireza Ejlali
  31. Reza Yousefi
  32. Mohammad Mirzaei
  33. Abbas Mozaffar
  34. Reza Naghdabadi
  35. Mohammad Haeri
  36. Mohammad Taeibi Rahni
  37. Mahmoud Bahmanabadi
  38. Mahmoud Saadat Foumani
  39. Mostafa Taqavi
  40. Bijan Vosoughi Vahdat
  41. Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Malaek
  42. Mohammad Bagher Shamsollahi
  43. Hassan Mahani
  44. Mohsen Masihi
  45. Alireza Zarei
  46. Mohammad Sharifkhani
  47. Reza Moghadasi
  48. Mohsen Fathi
  49. Ebrahim Souzanchi Kashani
  50. Naser Karami
  51. Kazem Hejranfar
  52. Ayoub Torkian
  53. Mohammad Farahani
  54. Mohammad Outokesh
  55. Omid Akhavan
  56. Mohammad Bazargan
  57. Seyyed Mir Abolhassan Vaezi
  58. Aliakbar Abolhasani
  59. Seyyed Mohammad Karbasi
  60. Mojtaba Mahsuli
  61. Mehdi Kargarian
  62. Mohammad Amir Dastgheib
  63. Siavash Bayat-Sarmadi
  64. Asad Kalantarian
  65. Mohammad Mahdi Ahadian
  66. Saeid Jamshidi
  67. Ebrahim Azadegan
  68. Ali Khademi
  69. Hamed Manouchehri Kousha
  70. Mahdi Fateh Rad
  71. Noushin Chatrchi
  72. Farid Ashtiani
  73. Mohamad Mahdi Rohani Mashhadi
  74. Hossein Nejat
  75. Hossein Khajehpour
  76. Alireza Moazezi Mehretehran
  77. Seyed Ali Taheri Khorramabadi
  78. Mohammad Reza Morad
  79. Amin Fazli
  80. Akram Avami
  81. Saeed Eini
  82. Kaivan Mohammadi
  83. Masoud Shadnam
  84. Marzieh Saghafian
  85. Hoda Mahammadzade
  86. Mohammad Hossein Yassaee
  87. Abbas Ebrahimi
  88. Matin Hashemi
  89. Saeed Tajrishy
  90. Hamed Sadeghi
  91. Ata Pourmahmoud
  92. Alireza Sharifi
  93. Seyed Ali Akbar Sajadi
  94. Yasaman-Sadat Borghei
  95. Hossein Askaripour
  96. Mohammad Reza Razvan
  97. Rouhollah Amiri
  98. Seyyed Ali Emami Khansari
  99. Mohamad Sadegh Karimi
  100. Ali Meghdari
  101. Maryam Mirkamali
  102. Alireza Jahantigh
  103. Hamoon Tahmassebi
  104. Farzam Fotovat
  105. Mohammad Ali Ahmadi
  106. Mana Meskar
  107. Masoumeh Koochak Shooshtari
  108. Mohammad Hadi
  109. Javad Ebrahimi Broojeni
  110. Mohammad Mahdi Mojahedian
  111. Siavash Ahmadi
  112. Moslem Habibi
  113. Amir Nourani
  114. Mohammad Hasan Ravanji
  115. Majid Gholipour
  116. Reza Bagheri
  117. Hamid Mehdigholi
  118. Gholamreza Pircheraghi
  119. Maryam Radman
  120. Seyed Fakhreddin Tabatabaie (Board Member)

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