Iran: Young woman expelled from college

Iran: Young woman expelled from college

Ms. Elham Pakru Miyando-ab, a Baha’i Iranian, studying at Free University in Malard, was expelled from college.

She was studying to receive her master’s degree in computer and software engineering. Being a Baha’i has been described as the reason she was summoned and expelled from college.

She has also been deprived of the permission to continue her studies in other institutes.

Expelling and depriving Baha'ii students from education in universities takes place as the “Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution” cites a bill passed on February 25, 1991, depriving Baha’is of education and working in state facilities.

Based on article 3 of this bill not only must Baha’is be prevented from registering in universities, in fact if an individual is found to be a Baha’i after registeration and “while studying” they must be deprived of continuing their studies.

British MPs demand sanctions against human rights abusers in Iran

British MPs demand sanctions against human rights abusers in Iran

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, December 10, cross-party MPs from both Houses of Parliament held a conference in the House of Commons discussing the state of human rights and the current political situation in Iran, the region as well as a recent terrorist attack on Camp Liberty.

Speakers at the conference that was chaired by co-Chairman of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF), Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, included: Rt Hon. David Jones MP; Steve McCabe MP; Bob Blackman MP; Jim Shannon MP; Rt Hon. Lord Dholakia; Lord Clarke of Hampstead CBE; Lord Maginnis of Drumglass; Lord Cotter; Lord Judd; Peter Carter QC, Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales; Peter Mathews TD, Independent member of the Irish Parliament; Paulo Casaca, former MEP; Mrs Dowlat Nowrouzi, NCRI UK Representative and Linda Lee, former President of the Law Society of England and Wales.

In her remarks to the conference, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Mrs Maryam Rajavi, thanked the MPs from both Houses of Parliament for their efforts to promote human rights in Iran and said ”The mullahs’ brutality in violating our people’s rights is because they want to hold on to power. It’s because the people of Iran … have not surrendered to this barbarism [and] staged a widespread resistance against the regime. Every month, teachers, students, workers and other strata stage hundreds of protests. Every day, the protests become louder. Even political prisoners send messages from inside the jails calling on people to resist … [these] protests have inspired many uprisings so far will ultimately realise the great change and make Iran the cradle of human rights and freedom.”

On Camp Liberty, Mrs Rajavi said, “Since 2009, 141 PMOI members have been killed and hundreds more, seriously wounded or disabled in these attacks … It is time for US and UN to fulfill their promise and make sure residents are allowed to sell their property at Camp Ashraf to finance their relocation.”

Iran: 40th-day memorial ceremony in honor of fellow student

Razieh Shokraneh

Students of Maragheh University (northwest Iran) held a ceremony commemorating a fellow girl student who had committed suicide 40 days ago by taking rice pills on October 21, 2015.

RaziehShokraneh was a sophomore student of Applied Chemistry at the School of Basic Sciences of Maragheh. She was under a lot of pressure from university officials and had been summoned repeatedly by the intelligence office at the university. She committed suicide at her dormitory called Vali-Asr. She died at hospital due to severe poisoning

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Iran: Nursing students protests across the country

Nursing students and their professors at the University of Medical Sciences in Isfahan formed a human chain on Monday, November 30, 2015, to protest a recent Health Ministry directive to hospitals to train people for nursing without having to attend courses at school, according to the website of the NCRI Women’sCommittee.

They demanded cancellation of the government decision in this regard.

On the same day, nursing students at the Medical School of Neishaboor (central north Iran) staged a protest and signed a petition demanding cancellation of the plan for one-year training of nurses at hospitals.

On Saturday, November 28, students of nursing at the University of Tabriz staged a gathering and signed a petition calling for cancellation of nurses' training at hospitals.

On Monday, November 30, the Nursing Community of Aligoodarz (southwest Iran) joined students in other cities and wrote an open letter to officials describing the Health Ministry's plan as "anti-popular" and a serious blow to the country's social health.

Iran: agents raid college student homes

Crackdown on the rise in Iran against college students

Security agents conducted a night raid arresting a number of college students and graduates in universities in Tehran and Karaj. The first raid targeted a college students' home in Tehran. Around 10 students were arrested in thisattack.

Maryam Rajavi calls on students for solidarity against mullahs' regime

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance's President-elect, hailed Iran's university and high school students, teachers, professors as well as education and university faculties as "future makers" and wished them a fruitful year, with more extensive protests and advancement on the path of freedom and emancipation of the people of Iran.

In a partial review of the abysmal situation of education in Iran, Mrs. Rajavi said: Every year, at least a quarter of Iranian students have to quit school, a number of whom join child workers whose numbers are today estimated between 2 to 5 million. Many rural schools have been shut down in a drive to cut down the budget, and the policy of privatization of education, which is being expanded by Rouhani, has brought about only further anarchy and regression. The quality of education has sharply declined and the living standard of teachers and university professors has plummeted dramatically.