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Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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Date 2006-00-00-01, sorted by date, descending

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2006 - 2007 (academic year)
200-		 For more than two decades young Bahá'ís had been barred from entering university through an application process that required them to deny their faith. Though a modification in the process, achieved through worldwide public pressure, enabled a few hundred to register at the start of the 2006–2007 academic year, their hopes of pursuing higher education were soon dashed because that same year a confidential letter sent from Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology instructed Iranian universities to expel any student who was discovered to be a Bahá'í. The letter refuted previous statements by Iranian officials who had said Bahá'í students in Iran faced no discrimination. [BWNS575]
  • The English translation of the letter.
    		• * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Education; Bahá'í International Community (BIC); Higher education; Human rights; Iran
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