In late May of this year, the Dutch Ministry of Immigration (IND) froze approximately 125 visa applications for Iranian students.
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3 students detained in Isfahan
GVF — Three students at the University of Isfahan have been arrested by the Revolutionary Guards.
FIDH supports an international campaign for the release of Iranian students
The international campaign, supported by Shirin Ebadi, will take place in April-May 2012. FIDH expresses its solidarity to all Iranian students, especially those who are still detained and those who will peacefully take part to the campaign inside Iran.
3 Mazandaran University students held behind bars among dangerous criminals
RAHANA-Ali Abassi. Maziar Yazdania, and Rahman Yaghoubi are 3 student activists who were arrested during the student protests at Mazandaran University in June 2009 following the disputed presidential elections. They had spent a period of time behind bars in Sari Intelligence Office holding cells and at Babol’s’s Mati Kola Prison.
Iran to install security cameras in classrooms to further control students
Fatemeh Qorban, the aid to the Minister of Education for Elementary School Education said, “Currently we use closed circuit cameras [security cameras] in school cafeterias and public places to control students but in the future these cameras will be taken inside of classrooms to better control educational actions in the classrooms”. (ISNA state-run News […]
Government to ‘immediately’ cut funding to dissident students abroad, says Iran minister
GVF — The Iranian government will cut funding to students studying abroad should they develop ties to the opposition Green Movement, the country’s Minister of Science, Research, and Technology said on Sunday.
University students protest against government
In recent days, students of various universities across the country have been protesting against the reactionary and repressive policies of the Iranian regime in universities and the deteriorating guild situation of the students.
Majid Dari: “Students Stand Tall Against Tyrants!”
Majid Dari is an imprisoned student activist expelled from Allameh Tabatabai University (ATU) in Tehran. He studied literature at ATU and was a member of the Advocacy Council for the Right to Education. In July of 2009, Majid Dari was arrested by Iranian Intelligence Agency and locked up in Evin Prison.
Heavy Prison Terms for Labor Activists & Students in Tabriz
Shahrokh Zamani, Nima Pouryaghob, Mohammad Jarahi and Sasan Vahebivash have been sentenced to heavy prison terms in Tabriz, Iran.
Activists Demand Educational Equality for Persecuted Iranian Students
There is a new effort for educational equality in Iran by using high-tech QR codes.A movement called “Can You Solve This?” put Quick Response (QR) codes on stickers, t-shirts and posters, according to the Mideast Youth organization. The codes are read by smartphones.