Female students banned from engineering fields

HRANA News Agency – New criteria defined for graduate programs ban female students from studying in seven different engineering fields at Isfahan University of Technology.

According to a report by Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Isfahan University of Technology will no longer admit female students into graduate  programs to study agricultural engineering with a concentration in irrigation, animal science and machinery.  Female students have also been banned from obtaining masters degrees in natural resources engineering with a concentration in watershed and land management as well as desertification.  Furthermore, the university has adopted a policy to admit only male students to study water resources engineering. Continue reading “Female students banned from engineering fields”

demonstrations in two universities

HRANA News Agency – The students of Tabriz Azad University and Urmiyeh University protested against changing the schedule of exams.

 

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Monday at noon the students of Tabriz Azad University gathered in protest to moving the exams from July to June because of the presidential elections. Continue reading “demonstrations in two universities”

Peyman Aref has been arrested

HRANA News Agency – The intelligence forces has arrested Peyman Aref in his house on 22nd April. They have also searched the whole house and confiscated his personal properties and threatened his wife.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Monday evening the intelligence forces has rushed into Peyman Aref’s house arrested him and got some pf his personal properties including his laptop. Continue reading “Peyman Aref has been arrested”

Peyman Aref has been called to the court

HRANA News Agency – Peyman Aref, the former students’ activist has been summoned by the Tehran court on 10th April.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), according to the letter which he has received, he must go the branch 1172 of Tehran court at 9 o’clock a.m. 10th April. He must be tried for the fifth time because of the complaint of Bahram Reshte Ahmadi the former solicitor-general of Tehran on charge of disturbing the public thoughts through an interview with the Kalame website and his flogging sentence. Continue reading “Peyman Aref has been called to the court”

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Amir Chamani returned to prison

HRANA News Agency – Amir Chamani, the students’ activist returned to the Tabriz prison April 19, 2013 to serve rest of his sentence.

 

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Amir Chamani had come for vacation on April 15, 2013. He was arrested in his home on January 13, 2013 and was transferred to the central prison of Tabriz to serve his 9 months sentence of prison after being kept in the intelligence of Tabriz for 2 weeks. Continue reading “Amir Chamani returned to prison”

One political activist is fired from the university

HRANA News Agency – Mehi Bigdeli, who studies Philosophy and Islamic knowledge masters in the Tehran Science and Research University has been fired after studying for two semesters.

According to a report by the Ruz website, he has been informed about this when he went to the university to start new semester classes through a letter given to him by the university authorities.

He also didn’t get his grades because being a stared student last year.

Amir Chamani came for vacations

HRANA News Agency – Amir Chamani, the students activist came for vacation on April 15, 2013.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Amir Chamani was arrested in his home on January 13, 2013 and was transferred to the central prison of Tabriz to serve his 9 months sentence of prison after being kept in the intelligence of Tabriz for 2 weeks. Continue reading “Amir Chamani came for vacations”

The student publication of Razi University was banned

HRANA News Agency – The student publication which called Bisetoon and published by the students of Razi university of Kermanshah was banned.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) quoted from Daneshjoo News, the independent Bisetoon student publication which had a high amount of publish around 500 copies every volume, was banned. Continue reading “The student publication of Razi University was banned”

A network security student was arrested after his arrival to Iran

HRANA News Agency – Iman Amiri the student at Network Security faculty in Malmo-Sweden university was arrested after his return to Iran on January 21st of 2013.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this student was arrested after returning to Iran by security forces through the detention verdict issued by branch 3 of Evin court and now he is in detention of one of the intelligence sections.

Continue reading “A network security student was arrested after his arrival to Iran”