Source: en.radiofarda.com “Deficient filing” is a familiar term to Baha’i youth in Iran who want to enter university and carry on their education like any other citizen enjoying one of their most fundamental rights. Iranian Baha’is&hellip
Denial of Education
Baha’i University Candidates Summoned for Interrogation
Source: iranwire.com Young Baha’i would-be students who passed this year’s national university entrance exams in Iran have been hauled in by education officials for questioning. On Wednesday, November 11, a number of Baha’i candidates were summoned&hellip
This Year Too, Baha’i Citizens Are Not Allowed to Enter University; Systematic Discrimination in the Homeland
Source: www.zeitoons.com Shiva Nazarahari Translation by Iran Press Watch This year’s controversial nationwide university entrance exams, in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak and after several delays, was carried out in the middle of the summer.&hellip
Baha’is and Women in Iran Victims of Discrimination in Seeking Higher Education
Source: www.independentpersian.com By: Amir Soltanzadeh, Persian independent journalist Translation by Iran Press Watch Discriminatory admission is still present in the process of entering universities in Iran. Even though the capacity of universities to admit women has&hellip
Announcing Results of National Entrance Exam and Depriving Baha’is of University Education
Source: bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On the occasion of the announcement of the results of the national examination for university entrance, a number of Baha’i students have stated that, as has been the&hellip
Baha’is Barred from Entering University for the Fortieth Year in a Row
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti “We deprived of higher education two generations of Baha’i compatriots who made their way through primary school and high school by suffering thousands of humiliations and insults. Now it is the turn&hellip
Baha’i Youth Expelled from Secondary School for Gifted Students Solely Due to His Faith
Source: iranhumanrights.org Father: “Don’t expect us to lie when you pose a question” Fifteen-year-old Adib Vai has been expelled from a school for gifted students in Karaj, west of Tehran, solely because he is a member&hellip
15-Year-Old Baha’i Prodigy Banned From School
Source: irannewswire.org A 15-year-old elite Baha’i student in Karaj near Tehran, was banned from continuing his education due to his religious beliefs. According to the Human Rights News Agency, Adib Vali was not allowed to register for&hellip
Vahed Kholousi, Human Rights Activist and Baha’i, Released from Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS AGENCY – this morning, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, Vahed Kholousi Derakhshan, a human rights activist and a Baha’i citizen, was informed of his early release after contacting&hellip
The 1980 Cultural Revolution and Restrictions on Academic Freedom in Iran
Source: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Executive Summary The closure of Iranian universities in the spring of 1980, and the subsequent expulsion of hundreds of professors and students who were deemed to be at odds with&hellip
The Fingerprints of Senior Intelligence Ministry Official in the Persecution of the Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press watch Milad Pourissa “I had a Baha’i student. On the day he was to defend his thesis, what should have happened, happened #deviant_misleading_cult” This brief and vague message by&hellip
“Deviant Sect Penal Code”
Source: fa.rfi.fr By Azadeh Vala Translation by Iran Press Watch Mohammad Ali Pourmokhtar, member of the Parliamentary Islamic Council on Legal and Judicial Affairs Commission, said on Tuesday, September 3, that the commission is considering a&hellip
A Journey to Religious Freedom and Education
Source: www.icmc.net Geneva, 1 October 2019 – Imagine having to pack a few of your most precious belongings in haste before fleeing overnight across international borders. Holakou Rahmanian, a former Iranian refugee now resettled in the United&hellip
Baha’i Children Are Left with Their Fears
Source: iranwire.com Mehrangiz Kar Translation by Iran Press Watch The horrible events of recent days in Iran are so fastidiously attacking our minds and souls that it makes us ruthlessly welcome the news of a new&hellip
In Iran, Religious Minority Children Are To Stay Silent If They Want To Study
Source: www.forbes.com Ewelina U. Ochab In early September 2019, Iranian news reported that the Iranian Minister for Education had ruled that if students mention that they belong to an officially unrecognized religion, like the Baha’i faith, this can&hellip
Proposed Bill “Penalization of the Perverse Sects”: The Islamic Consultative Assembly’s Leap to Legalize Investigation of Beliefs
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Moin Khazaeli The news is short and shocking: Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly intends to review a bill, by virtue of which, if passed, the “investigation of beliefs” in its true sense will be legalized,&hellip
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