(International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran — 7 Dec 2010) New Report Details “Totalitarian” Practice Punishing Students for their Views and Trying to Thwart Student Dissent
Denial of Education
Expulsion of a Baha'i student from Sari high school.
(HARANA – Tuesday 18th Aban, 1389 [9 Nov 2010] at 5:43 PM) Sahar Sabetian, a Baha’i student, has been expelled from school because she is a Baha’i.
Expulsion of Ruhollah Qudrat, Baha'i medical student in Rafsanjan, due to a letter from Ministry of Health and Medical Education
According to the news received by Population to Combat Educational Discrimination [see http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/5889], Ruhollah Qudrat, a Baha’i medical student at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences has been deprived of his right to continue his education,…
Expulsion of a Baha’i student from the International University of Qazvin
HRA News – Vesal Momtazi, a Baha’i students at International University of Qazvin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam_Khomeini_International_University] was expelled from this university due to being a member of the Baha’i faith.
Arrest and implementation of a sentence against a Baha'i
Thursday 10 Tir 1389 [1 Jul 2010] at 10:13 AM Hrana news – Susan Tebyanian, a Baha’i resident of Semnan, was called before the Executive Circle of the Revolutionary Court , arrested on the spot…
Arrest of Sara Mahboobi, one of the students deprived of education
Thursday 03 Tir 1389 [24 Jun 2010] at 18:32 [6:32 PM] Hrana News- Sara Mahboobi, a university student who had been deprived of her right to a university education residing in Sari, was arrested this…
Dorsa Sobhani was prevented from meeting with her family.
Dorsa Sobhani was prevented from meeting with her family. Friday, 20 Farvardin, 1389, 6:29am [9 April 2010] HARNA – On Thursday afternoon, 19 of Farvardin [8 April 2010], the authorities in Evin Prison prevented the…
Dorsa Sobhani's father threatened, interrogated, beaten and reviled to force him to hand over his daughter
Dorsa Sobhani’s father threatened, interrogated, beaten and reviled to force him to hand over his daughter [Editor: On the 2nd of March, 6 security officers showed up at Dorsa’s home. They searched her home and…
Iqan Shahidi and Sama Noorani, two Baha'i university students deprived of the right to enroll at University, arrested; and the home of Dorsa Sobhan, a Women's Rights activist, attacked.
Iqan Shahidi and Sama Noorani, two Baha’i university students deprived of the right to enroll at University, arrested; and the home of Dorsa Sobhan, a Women’s Rights activist, attacked. Sent by Web Blog Writers Against…
CHRR Member Navid Khanjani Arrested
3 March 2010 Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) – Student and civil activist Navid Khanjani was arrested at his home in Isfahan on March 2, 2010. According to reports, around 11:30pm, six security forces…
Semnan, Iran: The small city is a fertile breeding ground for anti-Baha’i activities
[Edior: Semnan seems to be a testing ground of systematic anti-Baha’i activities in form of persecution, arrests, refusal to education, and refusal of all community life including burial. Iran Press Watch has carried many stories…
New wave of harassment of Isfahan's Baha'i students
Human Rights Activists News Agency, Religious Minorities Rights: At the beginning of the current academic year, there have been many cases of conditional registration of Baha’i students [at schools] by written pledges or refusal of…
Expulsion of a Baha’i Student from University
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], in a continuation, and at an ever-increasing rate, of the expulsions of Baha’i students from universities in Iran, Ms. Yasama Jan Fada, a resident of Bandar-Lengeh (Provice…
Expulsion of Mr. Sana’u’llah Bandi from University
Yazd – On the 25th of Mehr 1388 (17 Oct. 2009), Mr. Sana’u’llah Bandi from Yazd was summoned to the Office of University Protection. There he was informed that based on the order of the…
Expulsion of a Baha'i student from Zanjan University
Mr Mehrdad Darab Najaf-Abadi, who was admitted to the Institute of Higher Professional Education at Khorram Dareh branch (in the province of Zanjan), at the commencement of the 1388-1389 academic year, has been expelled and…
Three Baha’i students expelled from Semnan University
Although they had only attended one week of classes at the university, Ms. Mojdeh Nourani, Ms. Farahnaz Felfeli, and Mr. Aradalan Tebianian, who had passed the national university entrance examination in 1388 (2009), were expelled…