Education in Post-Revolutionary Iran

Published: May 1, 2000

by Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR CLICK TO READ OUR MOST RECENT PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN IRANFollowing the overthrow of the Shah in 1979, Iran’s education system underwent a dramatic process of Islamization. Schools and universities were viewed as particularly crucial for re-educating the masses and…

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eWENR, March/April 1999: Middle East (Regional News)

Published: March 1, 1999

Iran In October 1998, authorities closed down the Baha’i Open University and arrested 36 faculty members, four of whom are still being detained. The university has taught courses in private residences all over the country for the past 10 years. Baha’i officials claim that security…

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