Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shayan Manavi, a third semester student in civil engineering at Islamic Azad University in the City of Qods, was expelled from the university and…
Denial of Education
Badi Safajou, a Seventh-Semester Chemical Engineering Student, Expelled from University for Being Baha’i
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch c, a Baha’i residing in Karaj, and a seventh-semester student of chemical engineering at the Research and Sciences School of the Islamic Azad University, was expelled from the university…
Top Student Expelled for Being Baha’i
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News- Sama Zazifi, a student majoring in architecture at the University of Shahriar, was expelled for being a Baha’i. Despite depriving Baha’is from attending universities by the…
Sabotage in Providing a University Degree to a Baha’i Student with a History of Captivity and Injury During the War
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Behrouz Farzandi, a Baha’i residing in Shiraz, who was imprisoned for more than 2 years during the war and was 25% injured[i], after more than…
Administrative Court of Justice Ruled Against the “Right to Higher Education” of Taraneh Ghiami, Iranian Baha’i Student
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran- the First Branch of the Administrative Court of Appeal upheld the ruling of the initial court regarding the…
A Life Living with Discrimination: A Letter by Negin Ghadimian, a Baha’i Detailing Her Discrimination-Filled Life from Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Negin Ghadimian, a Baha’i detained in Evin Prison who was imprisoned for five years on December 18th 2017, has written an open letter about…
Baha’i Student Expelled From University
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Anahita Horr, a Baha’i undergraduate student at the non-profit Rasam Institute of Higher Education in Karaj, has been expelled from her university because she…
Baha’i Student Shaghayegh Shoghi Expelled from University for Religious Beliefs
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – In her sixth semester of study at the Isfahan University of Technology, Baha’i student Shaghayegh Shoghi has been expelled for her religious beliefs. While Shoghi is among the…
Scores of Baha’i Students Barred from Higher Education in Iran
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—26 September 2018—Scores of Baha’i students in Iran have again this year been barred from entering university due to their religious beliefs. Despite passing national university entrance examinations, at least 60 Baha’i…
An Open Letter by an Iranian Baha’i; All Four Members of my Family have been Denied Access to Higher Education
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Alhaan Shaydanshidi, sister of Nikan Shaydanshidi, a Baha’i student who was expelled from the University of Tehran after studying for three semesters of undergraduate studies, seeking a degree in…
Bahai Student Barred from Receiving His Degree or Advancing His Studies
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Misagh Aghsani, a Baha’i student at Payam Noor University in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia, has become the latest member of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to be…
Expulsion of Baha’i University Student Nikan Shaydanshidi
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Just shy of obtaining his associate’s degree in industrial mold making, Baha’i student Nikan Shaydanshidi has been expelled from Tehran Technical University for refusing to denounce his faith.…
Denied An Education In Iran, Recent U.S. Graduate Faces Bright Future
Source: en.radiofarda.com “Six years ago, when I entered USA as a refugee, I never imagined that someday I would be standing in front of you,” said 29-year old Holakou Rahmanian, speaking to professors of mathematics and…
In Just Six Months, Iranian Universities Expelled 50 Baha’i Students For Their Religious Beliefs
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Fifty Baha’i students have been expelled from Iranian universities in the current Iranian year (beginning March 21, 2018) because of their religious beliefs, according to Simin Fahandej, a representative of the Baha’i International Community’s…
Baha’i College Student Stopped Short of Degree
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRAN)- Baha’i student Shaghayegh Zabihi Amri was finishing the last semester of her associate’s degree in architectural drafting when the National Organization for Educational Testing (NOET)1 stopped her short. An…
Baha’i Enrollment Numbers in Iranian Universities Are Still Under Threat
Source: www.en-hrana.org Update: Authorities Continue to Hold Back Aspiring Baha’i Students Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Additional Baha’i college applicants have had their university entrance exam results invalidated on the National Organization for Educational Testing website, effectively…