Editing Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (section)

== Professor's Basij Organization (PBO) ==
The emergence of Mahmud Ahmadinejad in the 2005 presidential election brought a new force to Iran's political power, namely, the Professor's Basij Organization (PBO). PBO offices were established at a few large universities, including Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The military, Basij, and IRGC veterans teaching at these universities welcomed the establishment and inauguration of the Basij bureaus at universities, as most of them were already enrolled in such bureaus in other settings.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/514126|title=University under Siege: The Case of the Professors' Basij Organization|first=Saeid|last=Golkar|date=July 27, 2013|journal=The Middle East Journal|volume=67|issue=3|pages=363–379|doi=10.3751/67.3.12|s2cid=143588771|via=Project MUSE}}</ref>
The number of the registered members of the Professor's Basij Organization in Razavi Khorasan is 2 thousand and 500, most of whom belong to the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (it has 900 faculty members).<ref name="farsnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.farsnews.com/news/13950329000752/تشکیل-کارگروه-اقتصاد-مقاومتی-در-بسیج-اساتید-خراسان-رضوی|title=خبرگزاری فارس - تشکیل کارگروه اقتصاد مقاومتی در بسیج اساتید خراسان رضوی|date=June 18, 2016|website=خبرگزاری فارس}}</ref> According to the head of Razavi Khorasan's PBO, the number of Basiji professors is much greater than the number of the registered PBO members.<ref name="farsnews.com" />
4,000 students of Mashhad's universities (mostly the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad) have registered in the [[Basij]] Organization.<ref>http://dahi.ir/?q=content/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9-%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DB%B1%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B3 {{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>