Attention | for Kameel Ahmady On September 11, 2020* we as members were surprised by the announcement of the Iranian Sociological Association regarding the cancellation of Mr Kameel Ahmady’s membership in ISA. He is a colleague whom I have not myself met before. The ambiguity in the hasty reaction of the Sociological Association’s Board of Directors has led some of the society’s several sub group directors and me, as the director of two scientific and specialised groups in the association, to launch an internal investigation into this matter. During two days of talks and discussions with most of the Board members, we realised that the documents and evidence available to the Association consisted mainly of a few posts which had surfaced on social media. We do not wish to sweep men’s aggressions towards women under the carpet, but special care needs to be taken in this context! Unfortunately, it was less than two weeks after some allegations were published on...
