Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org News Bulletin #09-25 Iran 21 FEBRUARY – 07 MARCH 2025 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting period. …
Denial of Education
Baha’i Students Denied University Admission in Shiraz Due to Discriminatory Policies
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org FARS PROVINCE: It was learned on 7 November 2024 that two Baha’i students from Shiraz, who have received their diplomas in experimental science applied to register at the Islamic Azad University of Shiraz…
Iranian Baha’is Face Arrests, Bans, and Discrimination Despite Pezeshkian’s Promises
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s calls for national unity and equal rights at the UN General Assembly stand at odds with the ongoing systematic persecution of religious minorities in Iran. During his…
Over Four Decades of Deprivation of Iranian Bahá’ís from Higher Education
Source: www.peace-mark.org By Zhinoos Forootan Translation by Iran Press Watch The right to access education is one of the fundamental principles in achieving social justice and individual and collective progress. However, this basic right has…
Decades of Persecution of Baha’i Educators and University Students Proves to Be a Precursor to Events in Present-Day Iran
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—12 October 2023—The recent dismissal of thousands of educators and students from Iranian universities and schools, just for expressing their support for equality and justice in Iran, recalls the purge of Baha’i professors,…
Father Imprisoned / Son Deprived of Education: Report on Violation of Human Rights of Baha’i Family
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Zhinoos Forootan Translation by Iran Press Watch Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen, is in prison for openly talking about violations of Baha’i rights in Iran. Outside of the prison, Adib Vali, his son,…
Saman’s School: Iranian Authorities Jail Education Pioneer for Being a Baha’i
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti “I cannot remember the exact moment when the idea of launching a school with a new system first took root in my mind; perhaps it began to start towards the…
“You Will Not Be Admitted to University … You are Baha’is!”
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education…
Persecuted Baha’i Doctors and the Creation of Iran’s Informal Baha’i University
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are a critical part of any society and, in Iran, hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and scientists contributed to the country’s development. But today there are almost no Iranian…
At Least 90 Iranians Of Baha’i Faith Denied University This Year
Source: www.iranintl.com By Maryam Sinaee Informed sources tell Iran International that at least 90 Iranian Baha’i students have been barred from universities this year due to a secret government policy. The United States-based Human Rights Activists’ News…
Baha’is Banned from Higher Education in Iran
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA has identified 60 Baha’is this year who sat for the nationwide university entrance exam and were banned from entering the university under the pretext of “document deficiencies.” The individuals who complained to the…
Baha’i Students Barred from University in Latest Intake as Crackdown Intensifies
Source: iranwire.com On the evening of Wednesday, August 3, preliminary results of Iran’s nationwide university entrance exam were announced and Baha’i citizens were once again denied entry to higher education. According to a report published by…
Baha’i Citizen Deprived of Continuing his Education in Zahedan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – During the announcement of the results of the candidates applying to a program that needed no nationwide examination requirement at the University of Applied Sciences,…
Star-Crossed Students and ‘Incomplete’ Files: How Iran Bars Dissidents and Minorities from University
Source: iranwire.com Milad Poursia Barring religious minorities and political dissidents from universities has been a policy of the Islamic Republic’s policy since the 1984 – before which the universities had been closed by order of Ayatollah Ruhollah…
Four Baha’is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trying to Access Higher Education
Source: iranhumanrights.org The Baha’i faith community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. Iran’s government is unabashed in its propagating of false narratives about the community and has for decades blocked Baha’is from…
New Evidence That Iran’s Denial of Higher Education to Baha’is Is Driven by Religious Prejudice
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—4 October 2021—Recent reports indicate that the Iranian government has affirmed and further entrenched its policy to bar members of the Baha’i Faith from university. Young Baha’is, who for decades have been denied…
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