Source: Human Rights activist, Hamid Reza Dehghan Tabrizi Translation by Iran Press Watch Laeya Shaerzadeh, a Baha’i citizen and undergraduate student studying at the University of Hafez in Shiraz, has been expelled due to her&hellip
Education Is Not a Crime
Keyvan Rahimian, BIHE Professor, Released After Five Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from HRANA, the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran, on Friday, August 25, 2017, Keyvan Rahimian, professor of the Baha’i Institution of Higher Education&hellip
At Thirty Years Old, Navid Khanjani Celebrates the Sixth Anniversary of His Incarceration in Rajai Shahr Prison
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
Iran Tried To Deny Their Education, So These Baha’is Went Underground
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
A Peaceful, Persistent Response to Injustice
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
The Hateful Schoolteacher and His Master
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
Education for All? Not in Iran
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
Twin Brother and Sister Expelled from University Due to Their Belief in the Baha’i Faith
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
Another Student Expelled From University in Iran For Baha’i Faith
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
3000 Iranian Students Protest Against Deprivation of Religious Minorities on Higher Education
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
Denial of Education to Vafa Hoveydaie, a Baha’i Student of Amir Kabir University of Technology / Evidence
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
Expelled from Amir Kabir University Because of Being a Bahá’í
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
Murals as Symbols of Solidarity, Resilience
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
Sorrows and Dreams of Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha’i Teacher
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
Denied Education for Being a Baha’i: Grievance of the Highest Ranked Student in Iran’s “Nationwide University Entrance Exam”
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
US-Iran Exchange Applicants Rejected at UC Berkeley – or Were They?
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
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