Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-420 Translation by Iran Press Watch January 11, 2015 HRANA News Agency Noora Mossama, a student majoring in Computer Software Engineering at the State University of Mazandaran, was dismissed at the end of her first…
Denial of Education
Baha’is Have No Citizenship Rights, Says Grand Ayatollah
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org A high-ranking cleric and Khomeini-era member of the Supreme Judicial Council has told Fars News Agency that Baha’is are not entitled to citizenship rights. The statement was made only weeks after Mohammad Javad Larijani, Head of…
A Baha’i Student Interviews Three Members of Iranian Parliament; All Tell Her She Has No Right to a University Education Because She Is Baha’i.
Source: en.iranwire.com Wednesday 17 December 2014 IranWire Citizen Journalist The following piece was written by an Iranian citizen journalist on the ground inside the country, who writes under a pseudonym to protect his identity. I am a third-year…
One Thousand Years Incarceration for Iranian Baha’is
Source: sahamnews.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Published on Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014 During the last few months, economic and social pressure, along with widespread arrests and imprisonment of members of the Baha’i community, have increased.…
Mohammad Seifzadeh and Heshmatollah Tabarzadi’s Letter about a Group of Our Fellow Iranians Being Denied an Education
Source: hra-news.org/fa/letters/hs Wednesday, 24 September 2014 HARANA News – Mohammad Seifzadeh and Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, two of the ideological prisoners held at Rajai Shahr (sometimes called Gohardosht) Prison in Karaj, have reacted to the continued violation of…
An Open Letter from Sadegh Zibakalam to Dr. Mohammad Javad Larijani regarding the Harassment of the Gonabadi Dervishes and the Deprivation of Baha’i Students of Higher Education.
Source: goo.gl/7lQGPy Translation by Iran Press Watch Harassment of Gonabadi Dervishes and the deprivation of Baha’i students of higher education, Dear Dr. Mohammad Javad Ardeshir Larijani, Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights of…
Reformist Parliamentarian Insulted Baha’i Students Deprived of Taking University Entrance Exam
Source: taghato.net/article/8151 Translation by Iran Press Watch Publication date: 24 Sept 2014 Taghato: Ali Reza Mahjoub, a member of the reformist faction of the Islamic Parliament, was approached in his office by several Bahai’s who…
The Baha’i University Applicants: The Deprivation Continues
by Maryam Ghadirzadeh Source: www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2014/09/140925_mgh_bahai_students Translation by Iran Press Watch 25 September 2014 Baha’is who have taken the nationwide entrance examination in Iran say that their names have been deleted from the list of accepted students.…
Iran switches tactics to conceal how it prevents Baha’is from entering university
Source: news.bahai.org/story/1021 25 September 2014 TEHRAN — Shadan Shirazi had always been an exemplary student, showing special strength in math and science, according to numerous accounts in the Persian media. So it was not surprising…
Film Shows Fight for Education by Iran’s Baha’is
Source: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/film-shows-fight-for-education-by-irans-bahais/2015736.article 18 SEPTEMBER 2014 | BY MATTHEW REISZ To Light a Candle documentary spotlights work of underground Baha’i Institute for Higher Education in face of persecution Campaigning: Maziar Bahari A new film will form part of a major…
Anahita Ettehadi’s Exam Result Withheld for Being a Baha’i
Source: www.farzanfaramarzi.com/2014/09/blog-post_12.html Translation by Iran Press Watch A Baha’i student who has been deprived of education in Iran, Anahita Ettehadi, has sat for her exam, after registering for National University Entrance Exam in the month…
Shame and Nothing Else!
Source: PCED, goo.gl/T2Hfmk Translation by Iran Press Watch Mohammad Nourizad and Dr. Mohammad Maleki visit a group of Baha’is who have been deprived of higher education. The Society to Combat Discrimination in Education – The Iranian…
No Baha’i Student Has Ever Returned to University
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com/174825 Translation by Iran Press Watch 10 September, 2014 In an open letter to Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s President, 360 Baha’is who have been barred from university have declareed: “despite the current government’s promises, barring…
Denial of Higher Education Continues in the New Academic Year for Bahai’s
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-63 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Tara Hooshmand, a Baha’i resident of Shiraz who had participated in the national university entrance exam this year, has been deprived of higher education despite passing the…
Another Baha’i Student Expelled from University in Shiraz
Source: PCED Translation by Sen’s daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-25Y September 10, 2014. On August 19, Farnaz Rouhani, who has completed four semesters of study in English translation at the Azad University in Shiraz, was expelled because of…
Top Ranking Baha’i Student in Mathematics Denied Access to Higher Education
Source: taghato.net Translation by Iran Press Watch The person holding rank 113 in the university entrance exam in the field of mathematics was prevented from selecting a major because she is a Baha’i. (Do you…