First of all, it is interesting in itself, on what basis did the American University switch to distance learning, allegedly due to the threat of an Iranian strike? Who gave such an instruction to the university, which institution made such a call? Or can every educational institution itself determine the danger of Iran’s attack and switch to a certain regime based on its explanation?

Who announced that the institutions in Armenia are supposedly working, and the prime minister can be on a “happy bus” and the institutions are working?

Which institution acted in the case of American University? With which Armenian institution did the university make the decision to switch to distance learning due to the threat of an Iranian strike? If there was no such adjustment, no consultation, by what right did the university make such a decision?

If it sounds like it’s about the “internal affairs” of the university, you’re sorely mistaken, to say the least. There cannot be any educational, public, any type of institution within the state, which will decide for itself whether there is a risk of an attack from an external place, and will make a decision accompanied by awareness. Because those students who stay at home due to the danger of being hit have relatives, friends, and a significant part of them probably pass on the information, and then they pass on the information to their acquaintances, you know, the American university like this. I think you can imagine what a chain could go as a result of that.

Accordingly, if the American University made such a decision, there should be a mechanism of responsibility for it. It can be a warning or something else, but any such self-activity should be stopped.

Analyst Hakob Badalyan

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