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Iranian Dissident Professor Jailed after Questioning Hostility to Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Zachary Keyser - Sadegh Zibalkam, a political science professor at the University of Tehran, has received a one-year prison sentence for his outspoken views against the Islamic Republic, IRNA state-run news reported. On May 10, Zibakalam tweeted, "If, God forbid, there is a war between us and Israel, we will have to tell future generations why we fought a war with a country 2,000 km. away that never threatened us or had any other dispute with us." On Saturday he tweeted, "I have a simple question: Who gave us the responsibility for destroying Israel? Have the Iranian people held a referendum and asked the government to do this?"