Tag: Iran
Iran Reduces Kurdish Teacher’s Sentence
Zara Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher and linguistic advocate in Iran who was sentenced to ten years in prison for her work, has recently had her sentence reduced to five years. According to Rudaw,...
Iran Bans English From Primary Schools, Citing “Cultural Invasion”
Iran has announced that English would no longer be taught in primary schools after Islamic leaders warned that early exposure to English would help facilitate a “cultural invasion.” Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...
Murals Teach Education is Not a Crime
Changing the World, One Wall at a Time is a new documentary on Education Is Not a Crime—the world’s largest street art and human...
Iran and the U.S. Look Forward to Academic Exchange
While the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries (China, France, Russia, U.K., U.S. and Germany) dominated the news cycle in July, other important diplomatic developments are occurring between Iran and the U.S....