Yazd – On the 25th of Mehr 1388 (17 Oct. 2009), Mr. Sana’u’llah Bandi from Yazd was summoned to the Office of University Protection. There he was informed that based on the order of the…
Denial of Education
Expulsion of a Baha'i student from Zanjan University
Mr Mehrdad Darab Najaf-Abadi, who was admitted to the Institute of Higher Professional Education at Khorram Dareh branch (in the province of Zanjan), at the commencement of the 1388-1389 academic year, has been expelled and…
Three Baha’i students expelled from Semnan University
Although they had only attended one week of classes at the university, Ms. Mojdeh Nourani, Ms. Farahnaz Felfeli, and Mr. Aradalan Tebianian, who had passed the national university entrance examination in 1388 (2009), were expelled…
Baha’i Students Deprived of Higher Education
Editor’s Note: Upon its founding over 30 years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted a policy of barring Baha’i students from universities and all institutions of higher education. Occasionally, a few Baha’is have been…
Deprived of Education
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter written by a Baha’i college student upon expulsion from the university at which she had been studying. This letter appears below in translation. I, Mona Rezai, born in…
New Form of Discrimination
The following news was posted on the site of Khabar Navard and Bah19 on Tuesday, September 8 and Thursday, September 10, 2009, respectively, and appears below in translation: In Iran, even giving private language lessons…
Interrogation, Jail and Threatening in the Ministry of Science in response to Seeking the Human Right of Education
Editor’s Note: The following report was posted on the online site of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters and appears below in an edited form. By: Committee of Human Rights Reporters Deprivation of education is…
University Matriculation
Editor’s Note: The following report was filed by the Committee of Human Rights Reporters and appears on their English page. It is reproduced below with minor adjustments for grammar, etc. Recent unrest in Iran and…
Interview with an Iranian Baha’i Student
Editor’s Note: Below is a summary of an interview with Mr. Vahed Kholusi, conducted by Talatum Information Dissemination Centre, in a translation by Iran Press Watch. Mr. Vahed Kholousi is an Iranian Baha’i student deprived…
Baha’i Children Prevented from Attending Schools
For the past 30 years, it has been the policy of the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran to strangle the Baha’i community of that country through various means, culturally, economically, and legally, including…
Baha’is and Constructive Resilience
Editor’s Note: Following are notes from a talk by Prof. Michael Karlberg given at the Eastside Baha’i Center in Bellevue, Washington, on 27 June 2009, as part of a public program organized in support of…
Education Rights Committee attends election campaign in Sari
The Committee on the Right to Education of the Human Rights Activists in Iran Association attended Mr. Karoubi’s campaign stop in the city of Sari to make use of the election environment as a venue…
Forum on the Right to Education held in Kermanshah
On Saturday May 30, 2009 a forum on the right to education convened as a fourth meeting of its kind nationwide. The Committee on the Right to Education, which is a branch of the Human…
Open Letter from Farbod Eshraghi, Baha'i Student
The following is a letter by a Baha’i student by the name of Farbod Eshraghi who was expelled from college because of his religion. Human Rights Activists in Iran has collected this letter with many…
Baha'i Students demand Right to Education at Iranian Election Campaign Activities
Taking advantage of the Election Campaign Activities, during the speech given by Mir Hussein Musavi, although the right to ask questions was only the privilege of a selected few, the Baha’i Student Committee of Iran…
Deny. Deny. Denial.
A short interview with Geoffrey Cameron, research associate at the London-based Foreign Policy Centre, on the denial of higher education for the Baha’is in Iran. Mr. Cameron is also co-author of the 2008 publication ‘A…
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