The security office of Tabriz University (right) prevented a Kurdish female student from enrolling because of her political beliefs.
Zahar Faraji, a Bookan resident who is a geography student, received a letter from the security office of the university, prior to the start of the new semester, asking her to go to the security office instead of the admissions office. When Ms. Faragi went to the security office, she was told that her enrollment had been disallowed because of the support her family had shown for political parties who opposed the regime, and because her brother was member of these parties.
Under the ninth and tenth IRI governments, both of which have been under the presidency of Ahmadinejad, the banning of students based on their religious and political beliefs has increased significantly.
