Dr. Amir Reza Shahani, president of K.N. Toosi University of Technology in Tehran extended an invitation to students and professors at American universities who were expelled due to campus protests, in an April 30, 2024 show on IRIB Ofogh TV (Iran). He said that his university is willing to accept the students, and they can join other international students at the university. Shahani added that the faculty at his university would be happy to have the professors join as colleagues.
Amir Reza Shahani: "I have made an invitation, as the president of K.N. Toosi University of Technology, which is one of Iran's leading universities... I have announced that we are ready to accept American students who have been expelled due to the legitimate protests for [Palestinians] that they are leading. We are ready to accept them, and they can study with other international students at the university.
"We will be at their service so that they do not fall behind in their studies. They can study here.
"As for the professors who might be expelled from U.S. universities due to these protests – we will be happy to have them as colleagues to our own professors."