Iranian authorities have agreed to allow the children of illegal Afghan immigrants to attend Iranian schools and universities. RFE/RL spoke on December 14 with Haji Muhammad Mohaqiq, Afghanistan’s second deputy executive officer who recently returned from talks in Iran. Mohaqiq said during his talks with Iranian officials, agreements were reached on providing free education […]
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Students received heavy punishments by Disciplinary Committee
Mohammad (Koroush) Tavangar and Mohsen Moslehi, two students at Shahr-e-Kord University received heavy punishment from the Disciplinary Committee because they expressed their mind and believes at the “Freedom of thinking seat” summit. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), two students at Shahr-e-Kord University received heavy disciplinary sentences from the […]
Extension of medical furlough denied for Bahareh Hedayat despite kidney stone surgery
Bahareh Hedayat was summoned back to prison by the prosecutor’s office despite her need for aftercare after undergoing kidney stone surgery. According to Kaleme, political prisoner Bahareh Hedayat was finally granted medical furlough for surgery last week but was summoned back behind bars by the prosecutor’s office despite presenting medical documents stating her need […]
Iran’s medical schools to limit female enrollment
Medical schools in Iran will restrict admission to women in the coming academic year, the Shargh daily reports. The report indicates that the number of women in the medical field has risen from 42 percent of total admissions in 1992 to 68 percent in the last year. ISNA quoted the minister of health last […]
At least 5 students of senior dissident cleric arrested in Shiraz
Iranian authorities have arrested five students of a leading dissident cleric in the southern city of Shiraz, human rights sources say.
End clampdown on university students and release those imprisoned for their peaceful activism
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37 students injured in school fire accident
A fire accident in an elementary school in Western Azerbaijan Province injured 37 students on Wednesday December 5.
Three Iranian Sunni M.D. students were fired with no certification
Three Iranian Kurdish M.D. students with Sunni faith were fired from college with no certification.
Students In Iran Face Growing Clampdown As Academic Year Begins
Dozens of university students in cities across Iran have been interrogated or arbitrarily arrested in recent weeks, marking an escalation in the authorities’ clampdown on students as the academic year begins, Amnesty International said today.
Violent arrest of lecturers and students
Internal security forces have arrested over twenty activists in the township of Sarab. The detainees were transferred to solitary confinement in the intelligence headquarters inTabriz.