Tag Archives: Iranian Universities
Featured, From the Web, General, Human Rights April 9, 2010

Iranian activist nominated for Student Peace Prize

(Radio Zamaaneh) | April 8, 2010 Bahareh Hedayat, Iranian student activist was nominated for the 2010 Student Peace Prize by the European Students’ Union, an umbrella organization of 45 national unions comprised of students from 35 different countries. European Students’ Union has announced that they are monitoring the situation of students in Iran and that [...]

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Exclusive, Featured, General February 22, 2010

Video of attack on University Dorms in Iran on June 15, 2009, Three Days After the Rigged Presidential Elections

About 9 months ago Iran fell into turmoil after the presidential elections were rigged in favor of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Millions of Iranians protested this in the streets, including many students from Iran’s universities. Numerous reports came in during those heady days of attacks on Iranian University dorms by the dreaded regime goons including plainclothed Basij [...]

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Featured, General February 22, 2010

Iranian Science Minister Spurns “Secular” Professors

(RadioZamaneh) | February 22, 2010 Iranian Minister of Science and Technology, Kamran Daneshjou announced today that the country’s universities have no need for “secular” professors and educators who do not subscribe to the Islamic worldview (they have no place in Iran’s universities). He also told Fars news agency that acting in partisanship is “poisonous for [...]

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Featured January 13, 2012

Feature: Instagrams from Iran (picture compilation)

A few pictures from Iran, taken by ordinary people and posted to Instagram

Featured December 28, 2011

Iran Feature: Former Detainee Sarah Shourd “The Plight of Iranians and 3 Decades of US Foreign Policy”

The incredible thing for me was that so many Iranians worldwide took the time to care about us despite the thousands of other political prisoners they have to worry about. “I’m an Iranian boy ashamed for what our government did to three American hikers,” another message on Facebook says. “I want you to know Iranian people are with you and against their own government. Iran’s regime is not chosen by Iranian people. They kill and torture us and we are all in a very big prison named Iran.”

Featured December 14, 2011

Iran Feature: The Supreme Leader Is Worried — Three Developments You Probably Don’t Know

Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.

Exclusive December 10, 2011

Live-blog: Russia, what’s next?

Exclusive November 28, 2011

Live-blog: Egypt Elections, Day 1

A historic day: The first post-Mubarak elections in Egypt

Featured November 24, 2011

Journalist Mona Eltahawy’s harrowing ordeal – beating, sexual assault and arrest in Egypt – in her own words and tweets

“The past 12 hrs were painful and surreal but I know I got off much much easier than so many other Egyptians.”