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…
Denial of Education
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.…
Bahai Education Rights Activist Arrested in Tehran, Transferred to Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Vahed Kholousi, a Bahai student who has been excluded from tertiary education, was arrested in front of his home in Tehran a few days ago. According to current reports, he…
Denial of Higher Education Continues for Baha’i University Applicants in 2015
Source: taghato.net Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: September 9, 2015 Taghato: The final results of the nationwide university entrance exams for 2015 have been announced, and once more Baha’i applicants are not receiving their…
A Baha’i Ranked in the Top 0.03% in the Iranian National University Entrance Exam Prevented from Continuing Her Studies
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports received by the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is”, Nawgol Zakerian, a resident of Karaj, passed her National University Entrance Exam successfully with a high ranking…
Once Again Deprivation from Education with the Excuse of Incomplete Application
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Wednesday 09 September, 2015 HRANA – Ava Amini Yazdeli, Baha’i resident, was faced with “incomplete application” notice, after taking the Nationwide University Admittance Test and was subsequently deprived from…
Letter from an Expelled Baha’i Student
Source: hra-news.org Date: August 14, 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA New Agency – Dorsa Gholizadeh, an architecture student at Roozbehan University in Sari, was summoned to the news organ of the Ministry of Information…
Human Rights Activists Visit the Family of Navid Khanjani on the Occasion of His Birthday
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On the occasion of the birthday of Navid Khanjani * – a Baha’i citizen who has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for his belief in the Baha’i Faith…
Expulsion of a 17 Year Old Baha’i Student from High School for Her Religious Beliefs
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports received by the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is” campaign, on July 1st 2015 Kamand Agahi, a 17 year old Baha’i resident of Isfahan,…
Foreign Students Study in Iran Universities While Iranian Baha’is Are Not Allowed!
Source: news.gooya.com Monday, June 8, 2015 by Hamed Sabouri Joyful news has been broadcast by the news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mr. Mohammad Haj Jabbari, Director General of Foreign…
Another Baha’i Student Expelled from University
Source: www.farzanfaramarzi.coml Translation by Sen’s daily Samim Dokoohaki, a Bahai student of music at the Beyza campus of the Azad University, was expelled from the University on March 1, 2015 because of his religious beliefs. He…
Visit with the Family of Navid Khanjani, the Imprisoned Education Rights Activist
Source: www.facebook.com/freenavidkhanjani Translation by Iran Press Watch Today, Sunday the 29th of March, the families of the martyr Mostafa Karim Beigi, Mohamad Nourizad, Masoumeh Dehghan the wife of Abdolfatah Soltani, Akran Zeinali the mother of Saeed Zeinali, …
Branch One of the Judiciary Administrative Court Voted to Bar Baha’is from Higher Education
10 February, 2015 Source: hra-news.org/fa/students/a-15 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News – Branch One of the Judiciary Court has denied the request of a group of Baha’i youth to investigate their higher education applications…
Baha’i Misagh Mohebpour Expelled from University
Source: www.farzanfaramarzi.com/2015/01/blog-post_31.html Translation by Iran Press Watch Unlike many Baha’i youth, who were prevented from continuing their education during 2011, Mr. Misagh Mohebpour, a Baha’i youth, was among the few Baha’is who had been able to…
Interview with a Baha’i Student Who Was Expelled after One Hour
Source: Radio JiBi, Published January 18, 2015 Behrad Azargan, a student in the field of Electronic Technology in the Department of Industrial Power at Mulla Sadra Polytechnic Institute of Technology of Ramsar, after passing five…