Conversation with Dr. Azin Moheb, Professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran/ Nafiseh Sharafaldini

During the Mihssa Movement, universities in Iran were one of the main strongholds where the cry of “Women, Life, Freedom” was raised by students and professors. The demands of this section of the scientific community were completely in line with the demands of the people; demands that led thousands of people to take to the […]...

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The story of more than four decades of deprivation of Bahai Iranians from higher education / Humble Genius

The right to access education is one of the fundamental principles in achieving social justice and individual and collective progress. This right is essential, but after the Islamic Revolution in Iran, it was seriously violated for the Baha’is – the largest religious minority group in Iran. With the beginning of the “Cultural Revolution” in the […]...

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A Look at the Unjust Issuance of Suspensions for Some Students / Dina Ghaleibaf

The right to education is one of the most important human rights. Typically, countries with authoritarian regimes prevent individuals and social groups from accessing education. In Iran, the right to education is only recognized to the extent that it serves the ideology of the ruling regime, not the pursuit and expression of truth. In other […]...

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The documents of the game that doctors cannot close / Elaheh Amani

“Every movement for freedom in society must have a political core in order to support freedom of expression.” Bull hook. Once again, with the election of a new president, the file of the violation of students’ right to education has been opened by the doctors. Students and professors whose right to work and education was […]...

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یی“University freedom is in line with the freedom of Iran / Mahdieh Golrooyi”

The social and political changes of the late 1970s and early 1980s introduced the student movement as a powerful player in the power equations. During the reform era (1977-1984), the student movement was recognized as a leading force. The activities of the movement, focused on the discourse of political development and reforms and the presentation […]...

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Why has Iran not signed the Safe Schools Declaration? / Elaheh Amani

Serial poisoning of female students in Iran with chemical gas, according to published reports, began on December 9th from schools in Qom and reached 33 cities and 17 provinces in Iran, and affected more than seven thousand students, and it is said that some of these teenagers have been killed. The right to education, health, […]...

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“A Report on Social Gap and Inequality in Educational Opportunities/ Hattaf Farajollahi”

“Konkur, an opportunity for us to become better” A few days ago, Saeed Reza Ameli, the senior secretary of the Cultural Revolution Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced in an interview with Hamshahri Online: “Eighty-four percent of the accepted students in the top three thousand ranks of the entrance exam are among the […]...

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The educational status of Bahai citizens in the Rouhani government/ Free Naz

After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, in December 1982, universities and higher education institutions in Iran were reopened after 30 months of closure. This period, known as the Cultural Revolution in the history of the Islamic Republic, marked the beginning of the deprivation of Baha’i citizens from education in Iran. With the Cultural Revolution, all […]...

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