Reports from the Tehran Science and Industry University show that in the past few days, a number of female university students received disciplinary sentences for having ‘un-Islamic veiling’.
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Women’s Dorm Searched at Allameh University
Over the last few days, authorities in a women’s dormitory inside Allameh Tabatabaee University in Tehran have stormed and searched student residences several times, a human rights source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in 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.
US Arrests Iranian Scientist and Sharif University Professor
According to a report by AP, the United States has arrested and charged Iranian semiconductor scientist Mojtaba Atarodi with violating U.S. export laws by buying high-tech U.S. lab equipment.
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.
Death of Iranian student triggers university protest
A group of Iranian students at Amir Kabir University in Tehran staged a demonstration yesterday to protest “the incompetence and negligence of university personnel,” which they claim has caused the death of a female student.
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.
Kermanshah students sentenced to prison terms for protesting presence of regime official in university
After students of the Razi University in Kermanshah protested the presence of the former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Safar Harandi on Student Day, the Kermanshah Revolutionary Court sentenced a number of students in this university to heavy suspended prison terms.
Humanities courses cut at Iranian university
Journalism and communication studies are among 13 undergraduate degrees which have been removed from the prospectus of one of Iran’s universities this year.
Iranian University Drops 13 Humanities Majors
Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran, a top Iranian university, has eliminated 13 branches of the humanities, leaving only six branches of humanities studies for students to pursue in the coming academic year.