EDUCATION UNDER FIRE’S INFORMATIVE AND INTERACTIVE WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALL SUNDAY, JANUARY 15TH 5:00 – 6:00 EASTERN ************** Join KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Gissou Nia, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center’s Executive Director, who will be addressing us…
By Allan Rock, Lloyd Axworthy [huffingtonpost.ca, 5-Jan-2012] With the eyes of the world on the Arab Spring, the populist struggles in Iran have faded from view. Yet some in Iran continue to face appalling levels…
[BWNS, 8 Dec. 2011] WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — Almost 50 leaders of medical education in the United States have joined the worldwide protest against the Iranian government’s persecution of Baha’i students and educators. Forty-eight Deans…
[BWNS 5 Dec. 2011] OTTAWA — At the Canadian Senate enquiry into the persecution of Iranian Baha’is, Canada’s first Muslim senator has strongly criticized Iran for its prosecution and imprisonment of Baha’i educators. Senator Mobina…
[huffingtonpost.co.uk, 11-Nov-2011, by Dr. Khishan Manocha] The tide of persecution in Iran is rising. In a fresh wave of attacks against the Bahá’í community – Iran’s largest religious minority – three women were arrested on…
[iranhumanrights.org, 2 Nov. 2011] Following the sentencing of seven Baha’is associated with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, their families’ only hope is that the Appeals Court will…
[bahai.us, 3 Nov. 2011] iranhumanrights.org, Nov. 2 – Following the sentencing of seven Baha’isassociated with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, their families’ only hope is that the…
Source: www.en-hrana.org [HRA 28-Oct-2011] HRANA News Agency – Baha’i student Farnod Jahangiri was expelled from Babolsar University in Mazandaran Province on October 12, 2011.
By FIRUZ KAZEMZADEH In some 40 years as a university professor, I have been privileged to teach students who went on to serve their people as senators, ambassadors, prominent scholars and even U.S. president. None of…
[cfr.org, 18 Oct. 2011] Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 By Elliott Abrams The viciousness of the Iranian regime toward Iranians of the Baha’i faith was displayed again today in the sentencing of seven Baha’i educators to years…
The Aussies rally covered by SBS [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-z5gibmukc[/youtube]
[World News Australia, 20 Oct. 2011] Students in Wollongong have joined a campaign protesting against educational discrimination in Iran. [Click here or on the image to see the video]
[Huffington Post, 9 Sep. 2011, Dr. Kishan Manocha] “A fresh measure of tribulation has befallen the Bahá’ís” in Iran. The warning, issued last week by the Bahá’í International Community, is given in an open letter to the…
[BWNS, 21 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK — In a wide-ranging media campaign that has gone largely unnoticed outside of Iran, hatred and discrimination are being systematically stirred up against the country’s 300,000-member Baha’i minority. In a…
[Green Heritage News, 10 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK, Carol Forsloff – Iran’s persecution of Baha’is continues in a country where those of minority religious views not only have their spiritual life restricted but their education as…
A Special Section at the Baha’i World News site brings all the relevant content regarding Iran’s systematic campaign to deny higher education to the Baha’is in Iran –its largest religious minority. I invite you to…
