Text of unattributed report headlined "Deputy science minister in an interview with Iran: Retirement of university lecturers is not political" published by Iranian newspaper Iran website on 24 August The actions of the Ministry of Science regarding the retirement of university lecturers is in no way political, and the retirees do not belong to a specific political current.

Text of report: "Repercussions of science minister's resignation", published by the Iranian newspaper Iran web site on 29 July The social desk: Although the report about the resignation of the science minister had circulated during the past few days, yesterday the head of the public relations department of the Ministry of Science confirmed the report and said that Dr Mo'in had handed his resignation to the president.