New Educational Restrictions on Youth in Iran
Two recent announcements by Iran’s hardliners signal renewed efforts to repress Iranian youth. A senior official at the Education Ministry has announced that Iran will not allow “western” influenced courses in universities and will review 12 humanities disciplines to make them compatible with “Islamic teachings”. According to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, humanities studies are […]
Iranian 9/11 Hero: STEP Act a Mistake
New York – When Shahram Hashemi saw an airplane fly into the second World Trade Center building and smoke spewing from the first tower, he knew it wasn’t an accident. So Shahram, a young Iranian university student who had only been in the U.S. for three years, made a remarkable decision. As others fled the […]