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Dismissed Iranian university professors ask President Pezeshkian to facilitate their return

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A number of university professors who say have unfairly been purged from academic centers during the tenure of the late president Ebrahim Raisi, have written an open letter to his successor Massoud Pezeshkian to reverse the decision that terminated their contracts.
Education

New school year begins in Iran

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Some 17 million students attended schools across Iran on Sunday as the new academic year kicked off across the country.
Education

Iranian taekwondo athlete Nematzadeh accepted at Tehran University without entrance exam

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Tehran University accepts Iranian taekwondo Olympic medalist Mobina Nematzadeh as a student without entrance exam.
Education

Over half a million students compete to enter universities in Iran

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Over 500,000 students took tests on the first day of the university admission exam on Thursday to enter universities across the country, with some fields like medicine in high demand.
Education

Iranian minister rebuked for claims of massive reshuffle at schools

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Iran’s education minister has announced 20,000 school principals have been replaced for the new academic year, which started Saturday, “to make changes” at schools.
Education

Students start new school year in Iran

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Millions of students across Iran officially started school and academic year on Saturday with challenges and promises ahead.
Local

Iranian daily: Sacking university professors will wither society

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A leading Iranian daily has lashed out at the government for the recent dismissal of a number of high-profile university professors who arguably hold critical views and replacing them with like-minded and sometimes “bizarre cases.”
Education

Ex-Iranian VP criticizes dismissal of university professors

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Iran’s former atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi has criticized the sacking of a number of professors and lecturers from universities in the country and their replacement with new ones.
Local

Official: Smelly bombs available in market used in serial ‘poisoning’ of Iranian students

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The head of the fact-finding mission investigating what appeared to be a recent serial poisoning of Iranian students says those behind the incident used “smelly bombs available in the market” as part of a plot to prompt the closure of schools.
Education

Morad-Sahraei becomes Iran’s education minister after winning confidence vote at Parliament

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Reza Morad-Sahraei becomes Iran’s new education minister after securing a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament.
Education

Ceremony held to honor teachers

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A ceremony has been held in Tehran to honor the job of teachers in the presence of Iranian President Ebrahin Raisi in Tehran.
Local

The Leader praises Iranian teachers’ efforts, urges govt. to address their issues

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei praises Iranian teachers for their non-stop hard work to educate the country’s young generation despite all the problems facing them, urging the government to address their hardships.
Education

Official: Iran universities hosting 40k Afghan students, ready to admit female ones

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The Iranian deputy minister of science, research and technology says the country is hosting around 40,000 university students, and that three Iranian universities are ready to give admissions to female Afghans, who are denied of the right to higher education at home.
Local

National Teacher’s Day marked in Iran

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Iranian students, teachers, and officials marked Teacher’s Day in Iran on Tuesday.
Local

Iran Intelligence Ministry: Poisonings at schools not caused by toxic agents, escalated after riots abated 

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Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has issued a detailed statement about the recent poisoning incidents at a number of schools in the country saying they were not caused by toxic agents.
Local

20 female students admitted to hospital with respiratory symptoms in Tabriz, Iran

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The head of the Emergency Department of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province says 20 female students were admitted to a hospital in the provincial capital Tabriz with respiratory symptoms.
Education

Iran education minister resigns over teachers’ salaries crisis

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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has accepted the resignation of Minister of Education Yousef Nouri following the delay in the payment of the teachers’ salaries, and appointed Reza Moradsahraei as the caretaker minister.
Incidents

Poisonings happen again at several schools in Iran 

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Poisoning incidents on Saturday continued at girl schools in parts of Iran.
Incidents

Iranian Interior Minister: No clues yet as to what happens in girl schools, no arrests made

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Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says he has received no reports yet that a toxic substance was used to poison students in different cities.
Local

3 arrested in connection with poisoning of students in Iran

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An informed source has told Iran’s Fars News Agency that three people have been arrested in connection with the poisoning of school girls in several Iranian cities. Unconfirmed reports say the poisoning could be a false flag operation by a counterrevolutionary group.
Education

Iranian universities ready to admit Afghan students after Taliban ban

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Three gender-specific universities in Iran have expressed readiness to enroll hundreds of Afghan women after the Taliban barred female students from attending private and public universities in Afghanistan.
Foreign Policy

Iranian Foreign Ministry says Afghan girls allowed to study in Iran 

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An aide to Iran’s foreign minister says Afghan girls can study at Iranian universities through distant learning system and using the existing infrastructure in Iran.
Education

Iranian students start new school year

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The new school year in Iran started earlier on Saturday after two years of coronavirus pandemic that closed educational centers.
Local

New chapter in Iran’s brain drain: ‘migrating university professors’

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An Iranian academic official says during the past several years Iran has witnessed one of the fastest human capital flights in the world, losing its highly educated and skilled manpower mainly to sanctions-hit frail economy.
Education

Education minister: Iran scrambling to meet immigrants’ needs

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Iran has earmarked more funds to fit the immigrant students, whose number is getting close to the one million mark, into the country’s education system, the Iranian education minister says.
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