Are we witnessing a true 'example' of free speech, in Iran ?



And is it likely, that this exponent of free speech, in Iran, can remain free, himself ?

Iranian professor [political science], Sadegh Zibakalam, is now publicly questioning why his country has been involved in military action against the Jewish state.

An Iranian court has already sentenced this professor to 18 months in prison for spreading “false information” and “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” over remarks in a previous interview, with a German news program.
[Sadegh Zibakalam is currently appealing that sentence]



Quote:

Iranian professor slams rulers for attacking Israel, [is] targeted by regime May 17, 2018 By: Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News An Iranian professor from Tehran University is making the conservative rulers of the Islamic Republic and their media mouthpieces very angry again, according to a Jerusalem Post report Thursday. ...“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 200 kilometers away that never threatened us or had any other dispute with us,” Zibakalam wrote on Twitter on May 10. “What were all those casualties, and the billions of dollars in military expenditures for?” His account has reportedly been inundated with some 2,500 comments, shared by Israel’s official Twitter account in Persian – and attracted the ire of several pro-regime newspaper columnists. ....“I have a simple question: Who gave us the responsibility for destroying Israel?” he tweeted. “Have the Iranian people held a referendum and asked the government to do this?”

https://worldisraelnews.com/iranian-professor-slams-rulers-for-attacking-israel-targeted-by-regime


A very interesting and unusual article.

Can this man 'prosper' and 'flourish', within the Islamic Republic of Iran ?

Or will this small 'flower' of open expression, be, simply,      trampled upon ?