(Tehran – HRA) Following the diligent work of the Committee on the Right to Education for the Bahá’ís which operates under the umbrella of the Human Rights Activists Association in Iran, two simultaneous forums were held…
Denial of Education
Violators of Prisoner Rights Must Be Punished
By Shahram Rafizadeh Protests Over Fabricated Charges Against Students Coinciding with the growing criticism of student activists with recent arrests and charges by Tehran’s judiciary against student activists at Amir Kabir University, the Center for…
Minoo Shahriyari: The Story of my Expulsion from University
Editor’s Note: The story of Minoo’s expulsion from Semnan University was previously reported by Iran Press Watch. We’re now pleased to share in translation the following account by her. It should be recalled that Minoo…
On Minorities and Education, Iran omits Baha'is
Editor’s Note: The following is an invited editorial on the Iran’s controversial statement on “Minorities and the Right to Education”. We refer our readers to IPN’s annual report on violations of the right of Baha’is…
UK university’s support for Iran’s Baha’i students
Editor’s Note: While Iranian Baha’is are denied access to higher education, their fellow Baha’i students outside Iran aim to raise awareness and organize support through local university campaigns. This report was published recently about the…
The Right of Baha’is to Education in the Past Year
Editor’s Note: An annual report on violations of the right of Baha’is in Iran to education was posted in Iran Press News (reference at the end) which appears below in translation. Kindly note that this…
Expelled Baha’i Student at Sahand University
Editor’s Note: Sama Noorani is an expelled Baha’i student from Sahand University in Tabriz and has contributed this piece about experience, which appears below in translation. For some background on this incident, please see: http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/03/expulsion-3-sahand/…
Minoo Expelled from University in Semnan
Editor’s Note: On Saturday, March 7, 2009, several Persian online journals carried this report, which appears below in translation. On March 1, 2009, the government-run University of Semnan expelled Miss Minoo Shahriari, a student majoring…
Baha’i Student Expelled in Mazandaran
Editor’s Note: The following account is by Faran Khavan-Yaghma, a Baha’i student recently expelled from a university in Mazandaran because of his religion. This account is provided below in translation by Iran Press Watch. In…
An Account of an Expelled Baha'i Student
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch is grateful to have received the following account from a Baha’i young adult in Iran, whom we will only identify by his first name, Ali-Reza. This account is offered below…
My Expulsion from University
By Sina Dana Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch was saddened to learn of the recent expulsion of three Baha’i university students (http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/03/expulsion-3-sahand/), and has hastened to publish below in translation an account shared by one…
Expulsion of Three Baha'i Students from Sahand University
On Wednesday, 4 March 2009, Gooya and Iran Press News reported: Three students at the medical school of Sahand University were expelled on the grounds that they were Baha’is. Yesterday, March 3, three students at…
I answer, therefore I am!
At a time when various governmental resolutions are regularly being issued condemning the human rights violations of its Islamic government, Iran continues its record of misdeeds in spite of what the rest of the world…
Interview with an Iranian Baha'i Student
Last winter semester (2007/08) 1000 Baha’i students had passed their entrance exams for university. 800 of them were denied entrance because of “incomplete files”. Sholeh is one of them. We hear her story… What made…
Baha'i Emphasis on the Education of Girls in Iran
Background In their approach to education, Baha’is were at the forefront of educational advances that were occurring in Iran between the end of the 19th and start of the early 20th century. The traditional educational…
Education: A Historical Commitment of the Baha'is of Iran
While exclusion from education is a grievous wrong in any circumstances, the situation for Iranian Baha’is is compounded by the degree to which the sacred writings of the Baha’i Faith stress the primary importance of…
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