[The Telegraph, 10 Oct. 2011] By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent. The move comes after authorities in Tehran stepped up measures to prevent members of the faith receiving a university education. In a letter to The Daily…
Denial of Education
Baha'i educators sentenced
[BWNS, 18 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK — Seven Baha’i educators in Iran have each received four- or five-year prison sentences, according to reports received by the Baha’i International Community. Verdicts against the seven were reportedly handed…
Total of 30 Years in Prison for Baha'i University Officials
[HRA, 17 Oct. 2011] HRANA News Agency – Seven professors and officials involved in Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) have been sentenced to a total of 30 years in prison. BIHE is a provisional online university…
Philosophers and theologians worldwide condemn Iran's attack on Baha'i educators
[BWNS, 10 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK — More than 40 distinguished philosophers and theologians from 16 countries have joined the condemnation of Iran’s policy to bar young Baha’is and others from higher education. In an unprecedented…
Rainn Wilson BIHE Video Appeal
Click on the image to view the video at vimeo.com on Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE)
“Education Under Fire”
The Education Under Fire campaign includes: A website [http://www.educationunderfire.com/] where visitors can sign on to the Laureates’ letter and invite their networks to do the same. A 30-minute documentary about the Institute, trailers of which…
Baha’is focus on right to education at Human Rights Council session
Source: www.youtube.com [BICUNoffice’s Channel, 26 Sep. 2011] The Bahà”i International Community made a statement on the situation of the Baha’is in Iran at the 18th session of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva.
Media Briefing: Education discrimination in Iran leads to creative use of technology by Baha’i online university
[FreedomHouseDC, YoutTube, 26 Sep. 2011] Freedom House and the Baha’i External Affairs Office in Washington hosted a media briefing : “Education discrimination in Iran leads to creative use of technology by Bahai online university.” Freedom…
Iran’s War Against Knowledge — An Open Letter to the International Academic Community
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com By Desmons Tutu, José Ramos-Horta The forward progress of humankind in the last centuries has been fueled, more than any other factor, by increasing access to information, more rapid exchange of ideas, and in most…
Shohreh’s story: How Iran violated a top student’s rights
[BWNS 28 Sep. 2011] GENEVA — Like many young people the world over, Shohreh Rowhani grew up with high hopes of a good university education. But now she has run up against a system which…
Baha’i student Expelled from University
[RAHANA 18 Sep. 2011] Ava Tavakoli, a student of Hormozgan University, has been expelled due to her Baha’i faith after 4 semesters.
Open letter of Natoli Derakhshan to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
[EDU RIGHT, 18 Sep 2011] 18 September 2011 ( 27 Shahrivar 1390 ) Association for Freedom of Education – Natoli Derakhshan, a poet and a Baha’i, in an open letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme…
Iranian University doors closed for Baha'i Professors, administrators and students
The Baha’i Community of Canada provided content, in form of a postcard, for those who wish to contact the Minister of Science, Research and Technology of Iran’s Islamic Republic regarding the recent crack down on…
Open letter to Iran calls for an end to oppression of students
[BWNS 27. Aug 2011] NEW YORK — In an open letter to Iran’s minister for higher education, the Baha’i International Community is calling for an end to “the unjust and oppressive practices” that bar Baha’is and…
Iran: Baha'is educating their youth is a "conspiracy" against the state
(BWNS 27 July 2011) GENEVA — Some nine weeks after they were arrested, 11 Iranian Baha’is – associated with an initiative offering higher education to young community members barred from university – are now reportedly facing…
Baha’i Citizen Ighan Shahidi Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
(RAHANA, 25 July 2011 ) Baha’i citizen and education rights activist Ighan Shahidi has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.
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