Cultural Purge: Iranian MPs want secularism advocates out of universities
Up to 130 Iranian parliamentarians have called for strict action to be taken against proponents of secularism in universities throughout the country. - 3/15/10
Photos: Burned Dreams - Tragic Story of Shirazi Schoolchildren Narges and Her Friends
On November 25, 2006, Narges and her friends suffered severe burns at an elementary school in Shiraz, central Iran, when a portable heater they were using to keep warm fell on the ground and a fire spread in the class. The students only exit route had been blocked by the fire. -Photos by Faramarz Mir-Ahmadi - 3/14/10
Military Commanders' Plan for Iranian Universities
Yahya Rahim-Safavi, the former commander of the Islamic Passdaran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and current advisor to ayatollah Khamenei said in remarks published yesterday that he is worried about the lack of enough forces beholden to the supreme leader in universities -Bahram Rafiee Rooz Online - 3/14/10
Iran: Students urge university president to help release their peers
Two thousand students of Sharif University have written a letter to Saeed Sohrabpour, President of Sharif University, urging him to demand the release of their peers, Mehdi Kelari, Kohyar Godarzi and Tara Sepehrifar. -Zamaneh - 3/12/10
Minister of Science's Statements are Against the Iranian Constitution, Islamic Penal Code, and International Conventions
In statements which have caused grave concern amongst Iranian human rights and social activists, Iranian Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Kamran Daneshjoo, has said that only those can teach or study at universities who have proven commitment to Islam and velayat-e faghih. - 3/8/10
Chemist triumphs despite ORNL restrictions
Athena Safa-Sefat, a solid state chemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is a rising star in her scientific field, studying some of the fundamental mechanisms that produce superconductivity in materials. -knoxnews - 3/2/10
High Number Of Iranian Students Fail Exams
An official Iranian report says nearly 5 million grade-school students in the country of 70 million have failed to pass their end-of-year exams since 2004, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. A report on education by Iran's Parliamentary Research Center said students' failure to pass such exams has cost the government and students' families more than $2 billion. - 2/24/10
Iran's First Transgenic Goats Produced in Royan Institute
Iran and Middle East's first transgenic goats which can produce recombinant proteins for treatment of Hemophilia were born on January 9, 2010 at Royan Institute. - 2/23/10
Iran: Pressure Mounts to Dissolve Largest Student Group
Pressures continue on Iran's largest student organization, Daftar Tahkim Vahdat (Office to Strengthen Unity). Earlier in the week, news came that Amin Nazari, a member of the central council of the student group and the head of its human rights division was arrested, despite his poor health. Till today, no details about his situation have been put forth by authorities.-Arash Bahmani, Rooz Online - 2/22/10
Call to end oppressive policies against Iranian universities
A group of professors of Tarbiat Modares University, which specializes in training university staff and researchers to join university faculties, wrote an open letter to Ayatollah Khamenei warning him that the continuation of fear tactics in the universities will have "destructive effects." -Radio Zamaneh - 2/10/10
Iranian-American Researcher Produces High Performance Composite Metal Foam
Researchers at NC State have developed, processed, and tested a new high-strength ultra-light material that combines the advantages of metal matrix composites with metallic foams. Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei has produced a new generation of metal foams showing 5 to 6 times greater strength to density ratio and over 7 times higher energy absorption than that of currently available metallic foams. - 2/7/10
A Modern B-School -- in Tehran
Most Saturday mornings a small group of Iranian professionals and entrepreneurs gathers either in a small office on London's New Bond Street or in a Tehran villa to talk about a school that doesn't exist yet. This fall, though, after two years of planning, they hope to open Iran's first modern business school, an event they hope will boost their country's development. -Business Week - 2/5/10
Court Rebukes Dutch Policy on Iranian Scientists
A court in The Hague has dealt a blow to the Dutch government's controversial attempts to keep sensitive nuclear technology out of the hands of Iran. Its policy to ban Iranian-born students and scientists from certain master's degrees and from nuclear research facilities in the Netherlands is overly broad and a violation of an international civil rights treaty, the court ruled today. -Science Magazine - 2/4/10
Iran unveils three new home-made satellites
Iran on Wednesday continued hailing its aerospace advancement by uncovering three new home-made satellites: Tolou, Mesbah 2 and Navide Elmo Sannat (Ya Mahdi) -ISNA - 2/3/10
Iran Fires Satellite Carrier Into Space
Iran on Tuesday test-fired the Kavoshgar 3 satellite carrier, sending its third explorer - with living organisms onboard - into space. The Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) rocket, carrying an experimental capsule, transfers telemetric data, live pictures and flight and environmental analysis data. - 2/3/10
Conference of Muslim Women Scientists Opens in Tehran
The first International Conference of Women Scientists from the Islamic World kicked off Wednesday at the venue of the Science Ministry. Large numbers of female scientists from 37 Islamic countries have taken part in the two-day conference. -MNA - 1/28/10
Iran students boycott exams to protest disputed election
Students in Iran have been boycotting end-of-term exams as they continue to show their opposition to the outcome of last year's disputed presidential election. -BBC - 1/22/10
Photos: Yassargachan village children risk their lives for school
The children of the village of Yassargachan located close to the city of Gonbad Kavoos in the northern Iranian province of Golestan have to cross Gorganrood river on an unsafe boat in order to get to their school. The river is 5 meters deep; and the boat, which lacks any safety equipments, is pulled using ropes, by the children themselves, from one side of the river to the other. -Photos by Abolfazl Nessaei, MNA - 1/20/10
Iran to unveil 3 satellites in February
Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology Reza Taghipour said on Wednesday that the country is to unveil new home-built satellites of Toloo (dawn), the engineering model of Mesbah 2 and Ya Mahdi experimental satellite on February 3 on Iran's national day of space technology. -ISNA - 1/20/10
Iran Education Minister dismisses university protests
Iran's Minister of Education, Kamran Daneshjou in a meeting with university PR managers told reporters that he had no exact statistics regarding disciplinary sentences issued for students but maintained that five to ten percent of post-election detainees are university students. -Zamaneh - 1/16/10
Iranian Professors Speak Out For Persecuted Students
Fifty-six professors at Elm-o-Sanat University in Iran issued a statement in protest to heavy disciplinary sentences given to some students. They condemn the widespread summoning of students by the disciplinary committee, the "illegal entrance of non-university individuals" into the campus and the beating of students. - 1/11/10
Letter of Support from Venezuela's University Students Federation for Iranian Students
Iranian students: This New Year will be the year of the young liberators, openers of a new cycle of life in the world for the welfare of all citizens, and the routing of our way of doing politics in our spaces. - 1/8/10
Iran to unveil new satellite
Iranian Communication and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour announced on Wednesday that a satellite designed and built by Iranian university students is scheduled to be unveiled during the Ten-Day Dawn. -MNA - 1/8/10
Widespread Arrest of Students and Protesters in Iran
Government crackdown continues on protesters of Iran's June presidential election that was allegedly rigged to secure Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. Eighty students from Mashad Universities have been detained by Iranian security and intelligence forces and bail for some of them is set at 1 billion rials ($100, 000). - 1/6/10
Iran University Protesters Boycott Exams
A group of Tehran Polytechnic University students have boycotted their term exams in protest to the arrest of 12 of their peers. Amir Kabir Newsletter reports the boycotting of 40 term exams that started three days ago. - 1/6/10
Tehran University Professors Condemn Attacks by Basij on Iran's Universities
Eighty eight professors of the engineering faculty of Tehran University have issued an open letter to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, objecting to the attacks by regime's forces (paramiliatry Basij) on various universities. - 1/4/10
Regime Wages a Quiet War on 'Star Students' of Iran
Behind the drama unfolding in the streets of Iran, the regime is quietly clamping down on some of the nation's best students by derailing their academic and professional careers. In most places, being a star means ranking top of the class, but in Iran it means your name appears on a list of students considered a threat by the intelligence ministry. -Farnaz Fassihi, WSJ - 12/31/09
Iran to unveil new generation of 'national satellite'
Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced on Wednesday that Iran will unveil a new generation of the "national satellite" called Tolou (dawn) in early February. -MNA - 12/23/09
Iran's scientists condemn instances of plagiarism
The Iran chapter of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, speaking for the country's academic community, deplores the recent cases of alleged plagiarism by Iranian scientists -Nature - 12/18/09
Homa Sabet Tavangar's "Growing Up Global" named "Best New Parenting Book" by Scholastic Magazine
Homa Sabet Tavangar, an Iranian-American mother of 3 living near Philadelphia, has received wide recognition for her book Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World (Random House, 2009). Tavangar's book has been named "Best New Parenting Book" by Scholastic Magazine (recognized leader in the area of parents and schools). Global Giving, the eBay of philanthropy, partners with Growing Up Global for its holiday promotion - 12/15/09
Middle East Studies Association's letter to Iranian authorities
I am once again writing to you on behalf of the Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF) of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA). This time, we write to you in regard to the December 7, 2009, national Student Day anniversary in Iran, which was marked by large-scale violence carried out against protesting students across the country by the Iranian security forces. - 12/15/09
Photos and Report of Student Day Protests at Tehran's Honar University
The Student Day program at Tehran's Honar University started at around 10 AM on Monday December 7 with students singing "my schoolmate" song in the grounds of the university. From the beginning of the program, the students gathered behind the main gate of the university and chanted slogans such as "death to the dictator," "ya Hossein, Mir-Hossein," "political prisoner must be freed," and so on. - 12/10/09
Plagiarism scandal grows in Iran
Nature has uncovered further instances of apparent plagiarism in papers co-authored by government ministers and senior officials in Iran. The spate of new examples raises questions about whether such incidents are symptomatic of conditions also common in other developing countries -Nature - 12/10/09
Iranian university students under attack
Violence has broken out in two major Iranian universities today. According to Amir Kabir Newsletter, Revolutionary Guards and Basij forces have entered the campuses of University of Tehran and Shahid Beheshti and engaged in beating the students with the assistance of university security. - 12/8/09
Iran Student Day: 5000 Students Join Protest March at Azad University in Qazvin
Once again, the students at Qazvin's Azad University turned the grounds of the university campus into a protest arena against the regime. On December 7, the Student Day, despite the intense security measures put in place by the authorities, the students held a huge rally followed by a march. It is estimated that about 5,000 students participated in the protests. - 12/8/09
Photos: Iran Students Stage Nationwide Protests
Iranian students turned the Student Day (Azar 16 -- December 7) into another show of force by the opposition which continues its protests following the June disputed presidential elections. The university students held nationwide protests across Iran chanting slogans against the regime and for the opposition leaders. Even with all the threats and security clampdowns, including many arrests leading to Monday, the students came out stronger than ever - 12/7/09
Iran Student Day: Origins and Legacy
The history of Iranian student political protests began in 1941 with the abdication of Reza Shah and occupation of Iran by the allied forces. At this time, Tehran University became the main base for the student campaign against authoritarianism and foreign interference. -The Mossadegh Project - 12/6/09
Massive Student Protests Inside Iran Set for December 7
Students inside of Iran are set to hold major protests throughout the country on December 7th. In a global expression of solidarity and support for the civil rights movement in Iran, on December 12, 2009, events organized under the banner of ArtsUnited4Iran will focus the world's attention on the grave situation of human rights in that country. - 12/5/09
Tehran police warns against gatheirngs on December 7
Tehran's Security Forces have issued a public statement to the effect that police will not tolerate any "illegal" gatherings on December 7, the National Day of the Student. In Iran the National Day of Student is annually observed with numerous student gatherings in universities. - 12/4/09
Iranian Minister backs gender segregation in universities
Kamran Daneshjou, Iranian Minister of Science announced that "segregation of sexes" in the universities in accordance with "the Islamic worldview" will be put to practice in Iranian universities. - 11/28/09
Iran: Crackdown on Students Ahead of National Student Day
Scores of Iranian students have been arbitrarily arrested and prosecuted in recent days, as authorities apparently seek to stifle protests expected on 7 December, National Student Day, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. Detentions of students have occurred throughout Iran. The Campaign has received information of such detentions in Isfahan, Babol, Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiari, Shiraz, Ilam, Kermanshah, Ghazvin, and in Tehran in Azad University, Tehran University, Amirkabir and Elm-o-Sanaat. - 11/25/09
Iranian seminaries take over public schools
Management of Iranian public schools is being transferred to the seminaries. Etemad daily cites Ali Zolelm, head of Council of Cooperation between Ministry of Education and the seminaries saying that in several provinces and the city of Qom, seminaries have taken over the management of schools. - 11/25/09
Iran: Sharif University of Technology Alumni Decry Arrests
Over 150 Sharif University of Technology alumni have written a letter protesting the arrest and detention of Hojat Sharifi, his wife Nafiseh Zare Kohan and other student activists. In their letter, Sharif alumni have decried the current situation of the country and condemned the wave of arrests that has followed Iran's June presidential elections. - 11/23/09
Photos: "Free-Falling Eggs" Competition at Birjand's Azad University
Following photos show the students at the Azad University of Birjand engaging in a "Free-Falling Eggs" competitions. Students dropped eggs from heights using their specially designed shoots trying to land them safely on the ground. - 11/22/09
Iranian Scholar Declines Farabi Award
Iranian scholar Mohammadreza Hakimi declined the achievement award offered to him by the third Farabi International Award in Iran, in protest to the "poverty and the visible and invisible deprivation" in Iranian society. Mr. Hakimi told Award organizers that he believes holding such ceremonies when "poverty and deprivation" are rampant in Iran are of the least priority. - 11/21/09
Iran Arrests Student Activists Ahead Of Student Day
Iran has increased its pressure on student activists ahead of the national Student Day on December 7. Throughout Iran a dozen students are reported to have been jailed this week, including eight student activists arrested in Tehran on November 19. - 11/20/09
Iran to launch Mesbah 2 satellite in 201
Iran is to launch another research satellite, the Mesbah 2, in 2011 as part of the country's effort for an independent space program. "We have developed our capability to launch satellites," Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Reza Taqipour, told the Fars news agency on Thursday. - 11/20/09
Winners of Avicenna International Awards announced
A Hungarian scholar and four Iranian researchers have won the Avicenna International Awards. The winners were announced Friday in Hamdan during the closing ceremony of the three-day Festival of Avicenna Theosophy. - 11/14/09
Oxford defends establishment of Neda Agha-Soltan scholarship
Oxford University's Queen's College announced that, thanks to two generous gifts, it has been able to establish a graduate scholarship in Philosophy in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 27-year-old Iranian philosophy student who was killed in Tehran on 20 June during the protests over the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. - 11/11/09
Starting Iran's Basij Young
A leader of Iran's Student Basij organization has announced that 6,000 Basij units will be created in Iran's elementary schools. - 11/11/09
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