Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: January 11, 2016 Arsalan Mirzaei, a sophomore studying materials engineering, has been expelled from university. Based on a report by the Human Rights in Iran website quoting the…
Denial of Education
Baha’i Student Expelled from Azad University Citing “Insufficient File” Despite High Rank in Nationwide Entrance Exam
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” campaign, Shomeis Pour Shah Rezai, a Baha’i student from Karaj, a city west…
Top Student Among Baha’i’s Banned from Higher Education
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com 7 December 2015 By Sepehr Atefi Translation by Iran Press Watch April 2015 – Delaram Sadeghzadeh, a Masters degree applicant in educational psychology at Shahid Beheshti University, waits in the office of the Director…
Ten Year Old Baha’i, Not Allowed to Attend School
Thursday 10/08/2015 Source: www.roozonline.com by Fereshteh Ghazi Translation by Iran Press Watch Aref Hekmat-Shoar has been expelled from school because he is a Bahai. He is ten years old. Gahvareh Danesh School is not the only…
Education is a Human Right
Source: Persian Media Production
President’s Office Tells Baha’is They Have No Right to Higher Education
Source: bahainews1 5 October 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch Anisa Motahar, a Baha’i citizen of Isfahan, who received a two-year suspended sentence in 2011 for “proselytizing and collaboration with anti-government organizations,” and Kiana Rahimi, have…
I Will Extend My Protests To Mehrvilla!
Source: www.nurizad.info Little Aref is ten years old. His father has registered his name at the “Gahvareh Danesh” [Cradle of Knowledge] elementary school in Mehrvilla, Karaj, and has also paid the school fees. Aref went to…
Ten-Year-Old Baha’i Student Expelled
Source: bahaicamp.com 30 September 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the “No to the Persecution and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign, a 10-year-old child has been expelled from his primary school in Karaj because…
Baha’i Applicant Denied Higher Education for 17 Years
Source: iranwire.com Saturday, 19 September 2015 by Mahrokh Gholamhoseinpour Translation by Iran Press Watch Over the last month, as usual, a large number of Baha’i students who participated in the National University Entrance Examination received…
NYC Street Art Makes Statement for Human Rights in Iran
Source: bigstory.ap.org NEW YORK (AP) — A woman in a head scarf gazes piercingly from the side of a Brooklyn brownstone. A flock of spray-painted birds breaks free from shackles on a Manhattan building. A Harlem…
Baha’is Banned from Education: “The order comes from the top
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 22 September 2015 Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour The academic year is underway again, and once again Bahai’s are being denied their right to higher education. Among those who have been prevented from continuing their education…
Armin Rahmani Denied Access to Continue His Education for the Fifth Time
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews” report, Armin Rahmani, a Baha’i citizen of Isfahan, after a successful attempt at the Iranian National University Entrance Exam, is accused of inadequate submission of…
Baha’i Citizen Denied Admission to University Due to Religious Beliefs
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 21 September 2015 According to the “No to the Persecution and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign, Huzan Gholizadeh, a Baha’i citizen of Sari who had successfully passed the…
New Human Rights Violations Exposed in Iran, in Time with UNHRC Session
Source: irannewsupdate.com BY INU staff INU – The autumn session of the UN Human Rights Council was opened on Monday and is scheduled to continue until the first week of October. Some Iranian human rights defenders are…
A Heartfelt Letter from a Young Baha’i Deprived of Higher Education
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 16 September 2015 Farid Rastegar’s Letter from the Heart A Young Baha’i Deprived of Further Education I, Farid Rastegar, am a Baha’i citizen born in 1997, who has been…
Iran Continues to Deny Higher Education to Bahai’s
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports by the “No to harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i citizens” campaign: A Baha’i citizen residing in Tabriz named Afsaneh Asadnejad has been deprived of higher education.…
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