Source: www.iranwire.com On the evening of October 18, 100 people gathered at Howard University, a historic African-American center of higher education in Washington, DC, to hear the actor Penn Badgley in conversation with Iranian Baha’i&hellip
Education Is Not a Crime
Baha’i Student Expelled From University
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Anahita Horr, a Baha’i undergraduate student at the non-profit Rasam Institute of Higher Education in Karaj, has been expelled from her university because she&hellip
Open Letter: Baha’i Prisoner Hopeful Amid Fraught Traditions of New Academic Year
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA)- As a new academic year unfolds in Iran, Baha’i prisoner Azita Rafizadeh speaks out in an open letter about the systemic barriers between post-secondary education opportunities and the country’s&hellip
Baha’i Student Shaghayegh Shoghi Expelled from University for Religious Beliefs
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – In her sixth semester of study at the Isfahan University of Technology, Baha’i student Shaghayegh Shoghi has been expelled for her religious beliefs. While Shoghi is among the&hellip
Scores of Baha’i Students Barred from Higher Education in Iran
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—26 September 2018—Scores of Baha’i students in Iran have again this year been barred from entering university due to their religious beliefs. Despite passing national university entrance examinations, at least 60 Baha’i&hellip
An Open Letter by an Iranian Baha’i; All Four Members of my Family have been Denied Access to Higher Education
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Alhaan Shaydanshidi, sister of Nikan Shaydanshidi, a Baha’i student who was expelled from the University of Tehran after studying for three semesters of undergraduate studies, seeking a degree in&hellip
Bahai Student Barred from Receiving His Degree or Advancing His Studies
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Misagh Aghsani, a Baha’i student at Payam Noor University in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia, has become the latest member of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to be&hellip
Expulsion of Baha’i University Student Nikan Shaydanshidi
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Just shy of obtaining his associate’s degree in industrial mold making, Baha’i student Nikan Shaydanshidi has been expelled from Tehran Technical University for refusing to denounce his faith.&hellip
Denied An Education In Iran, Recent U.S. Graduate Faces Bright Future
Source: en.radiofarda.com “Six years ago, when I entered USA as a refugee, I never imagined that someday I would be standing in front of you,” said 29-year old Holakou Rahmanian, speaking to professors of mathematics and&hellip
Baha’i Enrollment Numbers in Iranian Universities Are Still Under Threat
Source: www.en-hrana.org Update: Authorities Continue to Hold Back Aspiring Baha’i Students Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Additional Baha’i college applicants have had their university entrance exam results invalidated on the National Organization for Educational Testing website, effectively&hellip
Romina Asgari, a Baha’i Student, Expelled from University
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Romina Asgari, an undergraduate student at Azad University, was expelled after 4 semesters because she is a Baha’i, thus depriving her of a higher education.&hellip
New Methods to Prevent Baha’is from Studying
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti In Iran at the moment, most young Iranians aged 18 or 19 are impatiently waiting for their results in the nationwide university entrance exams. But Pegah, who lives in Karaj near&hellip
Baha’i Student Expelled Weeks Before Finishing Degree
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Sarir Mooghen, a 23-year-old Baha’i student, has been expelled from Isfahan’s Azad University just one semester before she was due to complete her Bachelor’s degree in architecture. She had been at the&hellip
Woman Expelled From Iranian University Just Before Obtaining Degree Because She’s Baha’i
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org A young Baha’i woman was expelled from Iran’s Islamic Azad University in the city of Isfahan one semester before completing her bachelor’s degree in architecture because of her religious beliefs. “Sarir Movaghan had declared&hellip
The Forbidden University
Source: www.zeit.de First published in DIE ZEIT, 5th of July 2018 Mannheim, Germany Translated from German by Kiumars Yazdani Members of the Baha’i religion are banned from higher education in Iran. For thirty years they have been&hellip
Baha’i Student Dismissed from Kerman Azad University on Grounds of Religion
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency: Hooman Imani, an undergraduate graphic design student, has been expelled from Kerman Azad University for being Baha’i. According to the HRA (Human Rights Activists in Iran)&hellip
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