Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Navid Khanjani, a Baha’i citizen and human rights activist, has celebrated the anniversary of six consecutive years in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. According to the Human Rights in&hellip
Source: www.buzzfeed.com Canadian universities are now recognizing degrees from an underground school for the religious minority. Anisa Rawhani At each ring of his phone, Shakib Nasrullah and his family jumped. The caller ID was blocked, but&hellip
Source: news.bahai.org 21 July 2017 BIC GENEVA — Thirty years ago, the Baha’i community of Iran embarked on a remarkable endeavor. Denied access to formal education by the country’s authorities after their numerous appeals, they set up&hellip
Source: www.iranwire.com By AIDA GHAJAR A schoolmaster in Iran has hit the headlines after making discriminatory comments on Twitter claiming that Baha’is, the country’s largest minority religion, do not have the right to education. The comments follow&hellip
Source: www.dw.com Iran is refusing to implement UNESCO’s education agenda. The country’s religious leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, views it as a Western conspiracy. In doing so he’s discriminating against women and minorities like the Baha’i. A profound&hellip
Source: adian.bashariyat.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, Shakib and Shima Mohammadalipour were expelled from Lorestan University School of Technology and Engineering, and Kashan University School of Architecture and Liberal Arts, due to their&hellip
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Farzad Safaei was one semester away from a bachelor’s degree in industrial metallurgy at the Islamic Azad University in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, when he was expelled on May 20, 2017 by the security office for&hellip
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch June, 2nd 2017 More than three thousand Iranian students from various universities are protesting educational restrictions imposed on Gonabadi Dervishes, and are demanding education equality for all religious and&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Student Name: Vafa Hoveydaie Degree: Bachelor – Admitted via Entrance Exam Major: Physics College: Engineering Physics and Energy Status: Account Closed (Deprived of Education) Synopsys: HRANA News Agency&hellip
Source: www.iranpressnews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Tuesday, 30 May 2017 Daneshjoo Online: “Despite pressures to recant his belief in Bahá’í Faith, Vesal Laghaifar, a Chemical Engineering undergraduate student, was expelled from Amir Kabir University in&hellip
Source: news.bahai.org NEW YORK — Marthalicia Matarrita is a Latina artist from New York City. Although her life is a world away from Iran, Ms. Matarrita’s artwork connected her with Education is Not a Crime, a&hellip
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch On the 22 and 23 of May 2013, Iranian intelligence agents, in a coordinated and widespread move across the country, stormed the homes of dozens of Baha’is&hellip
Source: ettelaat.net October 2008 Translation by Iran Press Watch To Human Right Activists in Iran: My name is Sima Haghighat Mohlebani, daughter of Esmail, with SSN no 5287 from Tehran. I was born in 1961. For&hellip
Source: EducationIsNotACrime Hundreds of UC Berkeley students took part in a social experiment – without knowing it – as part of an awareness-raising campaign for the denial of higher education to tens of thousands of&hellip
Source: qz.com WRITTEN BY Neha Thirani Bagri @NehaNotes Marjan Davoudi was 19 years old when she was told that she was not human. Davoudi, now 56, had been studying math at the National University in Tehran when&hellip
Source: BahaiNews1 March 14, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, Niloufar Mousavi was expelled from university at the end of her first semester exams, because of her belief in the Baha’i Faith.&hellip
