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The Islamic Cultural Revolution (1980-1987) was a period after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 in Iran whereupon the Iranian theocracy purged the academia of Western and non-Islamic influences and brought them in line with Islam[1]. The universities were entirely shut down (1980-1982) and when the institutions opened, purges continued for five more years . The exact number of executions has never been made public and remains a mystery. This resembled the abolition of the Iranian Senate.
Recently, a less radical version of this governmental move started in 2006 and continues to the present. It is dubbed a "Cultural Revolution" that has resulted in the dismissal or compulsory retirement of veteran university faculties and their replacement with younger ones who espouse the fervor of the Islamic Republic. Sometimes the "Islamic" is not mentioned by the government to avoid bringing back the former experience.