HRANA News Agency – Etela’at ministry of Iranian islamic government prevented of a Kurdish student of business management faculty to continue his studies.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hiwa Tasseh, the student of Allameh Tabatabaie university in a phone call informed Kurdpa news agency that “Etela’at prevented my study continuation for the second time.”
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HRANA News Agency – Amir Chamani, student of master degree in sociology faculty of
Tabriz private university, has been detained by the security forces.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Amir Chamani, student activist, at 04:00 PM of Sunday 13th of January has been arrested by the security forces at his home.
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May 26, 2010
HRANA – On May 13, 2010, Miss Negin Sayyah was expelled from the University of Sari on grounds of being Baha’i. She was in her second semester of studies.
Further details are not known at this time.
HRANA News Agency – student activist Rashid Esmaili has been arrested by security forces in Esfahan. Esmaili, an executive member of the student group Tahkim-e Vahdat, was arrested on Saturday September 8 without an arrest warrant.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Esmaili was first arrested in December of 2009 while he was undergoing cancer treatment. He was banned from graduate studies in human rights at Allameh University and in recent months was involved in journalistic activities with various websites.
His mother told that Esmaili will be held by the Revolutionary Guards Security branch until his interrogation is complete.
HRANA News Agency – Baha’i student Farnod Jahangiri was expelled from Babolsar University in Mazandaran Province on October 12, 2011.
According to a report by Population of Combat against Education Discrimination (PCED), Farnod Jahangiri is a resident of Hamadan and was studying English Language and Literature at Babolsar University.
During the last few months, a number of Baha’i students have been expelled from universities in Iran.Ruhollah Tashakor, Alborz Norani, Ava Tavakol, Mona Momeni, Arkideh Aghaie, Hananeh Kanaanie, Homan Rahmanian and Malika Vazirzadeh are amongst those students.
Furthermore, Iranian authorities have blocked the entrance of many Baha’i students into universities during the process when students choose their majors and receive the admission papers.Similar to past years, Baha’i students are told that their application files lack all the necessary documents.This excuse is particularly used in order to deny admission to Baha’i graduate students and political and social activists seeking to enter graduate schools.
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HRANA – A disabled student died on Tuesday in a fire at an exhibition organized by the Student Basij at the Mahshahr campus of Azad University in commemoration of the “Liberation of Khorramshahr”.
According to information received by HRANA, the fire broke out when an electrical cable caught on fire inside the exhibition tent. Reports indicate that the fire was caused by the organizer’s failure to comply with basic safety standards; a single outlet strip of inappropriate electrical capacity was used to power multiple cooling devices and flammable materials were used for the exhibition tent. As a result, once the fire started, it spread uncontrollably and the surging flames engulfed the area at frightening speed.
Most students and individuals at the scene were able to escape but some students, like “Gholam Reza Ghanbari”, were not so lucky and lost their lives. Mr. Ghanbari, who was disabled and in a wheelchair, was unable to escape and burned in front of the helpless and traumatized survivors. Other individuals suffered from minor injuries.
Upon seeing this devastating scene, students began to protest vehemently but were severely dealt with by university security forces.
University officials have closed the university until further notice in order to control the student protests in response to this tragic event.
HRANA News Agency – Javad Abuali was sentenced to one year in prison and has reported to the authorities to begin serving his term.Javad Abuali is a political and social activist and a student at Azad University in the city of Behbahan, Khuzestan Province.
According to a report by Daneshjoo News, Javad Abuali was arrested in August 2010 by Iran’s Intelligence Agency in Behbahan and held incommunicado for months.The 2nd branch of Revolutionary Court in Mahshahr sentenced Javad Abuali to 12 months in prison, and the 13th branch of Khuzestan Province Appeals Court upheld the verdict.
For propaganda against the regime, Javad Abuali received 6 months in prison and for insulting the Supreme Leader, another 6 months were added to his punishment.
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HRANA – Benyamin Al-Tayeb, a student at Azad University in Dezful was arrested by Ahvaz Intelligence Ministry agents on Tuesday, May 18, 2010.
This 19 year-old student is not a political activists and the arresting agents did not articulate any charges against him at the time of his arrest.
According to Norouz, it appears that Mr. Al-Tayeb’s was arrested because of his family’s record. Unfortunately, the site did not provide any further information about the family’s history with the government.
HRANA News Agency – During the last few days, hundreds of students in Zanjan University have demonstrated against gender segregation imposed in the university cafeteria, buses and the Technical Engineering Library.
According to a report by Daneshjoo News, following recent demonstrations at Amir Kabir University, Kurdistan University, Shahrekord University and Yazd University, protests have broken out in various other colleges throughout Iran.On Tuesday, October 4, 2011, more than 500 students in Zanjan University demonstrated in front of the Mechanical Engineering building and shouted slogans against limitations imposed by the implementation of the gender segregation plan.
During these demonstrations, students voiced their objections to new gender segregation schemes imposed at the university cafeteria which was already divided into two sections separated by a glass wall.Students also protested against segregated university buses and pointed out that such a policy would result in more fuel consumption.Demanding an immediate halt to the implementation of gender segregation plan, students further objected to the limitations imposed at the Technical Engineering Library since last year.
Mr. Faraji, the representative of the Supreme Leader’s Office, appeared amongst the students and said, “It is our religious and moral duty to look into students’ objections.”He added, “It has been three years since government officials have been studying the gender segregation plan and have concluded that this policy benefits all students.”
In return, students asked the following questions from Mr. Faraji who refused to answer any of them:
Mr. Faraji further explained that any changes to the gender segregation plan had to be postponed until the head of Zanjan University returned to the campus.Meanwhile, the implementation of gender segregation plan continues while the Chancellor is absent.
At the end of the demonstrations, students declared their intention to protest again next Sunday at 11:30am if gender segregation measures are not halted by Saturday when the Chancellor returns from his trip.
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HRANA News Agency – On Tuesday, October 4, 2011, students at Shahrekord University demonstrated against the quality and price of food available at the university’s self-service cafeteria.The protest was sparked by the news of a worm having been found in school cafeteria food.Iran’s semi-secret police tasked to monitor all educational institutes, Herasat, violently confronted student protestors and eventually quelled the demonstration.Shahrekord University is located in southwestern part of Iran in Chahrmahal and Bakhtiari Province.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), as the new school year began in Iran, an increase in the cost of food available at Shahrekord University had caused discontent and anger amongst students.Following a report indicating that a warm was found in school cafeteria food, students began to gather demanding better food at reasonable prices.
In an interview with HRANA, one of the demonstrators said, “The majority of students are experiencing financial problems, and when the cost of food went up at the beginning of the new school year, students were very unhappy.What happened yesterday was only a spark among students who were already dissatisfied with the situation.”
During these demonstrations, students demanded school cafeteria officials to be reprimanded and a guild council to be formed again in Shahrekord University.Some of the slogans shouted by the protestors were:
Students die but accept no misery!
Chivalrous students, Support, Support!
Have no fear; have no fear; we’re all united!
Yesterday’s demonstrations lasted an hour during which students were violently confronted by Herasat agents.
