Iran: 46,000 new repressive agents

Security forces harassing women in Iran

Deputy chief of the headquarters of “Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong” said 4,600 groups, each with 10 members, have been trained and organized to deliver “verbal warnings” to the public across Iran. This entity carries out its activities under the direct supervision of Khamenei and is chaired by Ahmad Jannati, also chair of the conservative Guardian Council.
Mehdi Amini, a senior official in this organ, said on Wednesday, September 9th that with the adoption of the law on “enjoining good and forbidding wrong” preparations have been made to recruit and organize 10-man groups to deliver “verbal warnings” to the public.
This official said 4,600 such groups are to be organized across the country. (State-run entekhabkhabar.ir website – September 11, 2015)

Mahiyare Nadaf, a member of Iran’s Baha’i minority

 Suppression is a general culture in Islamic republic of Iran,Mahiyare Nadaf, a member of Iran’s Baha’i minority community, took part in the national exams in the field of liberal arts and was ranked 1,829th in Iran. However, after she entered her specifications in a government website to thus seek higher education, she received a message saying she is banned from going to college. The reason behind this is that she belongs to Iran’s Baha’i minority community.
Depriving Baha’is of higher education in Iran is based on a resolution adopted by the regime’s “Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution” on February 25, 1991 depriving Baha’is of occupation in government facilities and college education. Based on article 3 of this resolution, not only must Baha’is be prevented from even registering in any colleges, in fact even if an individual is discovered of being a Baha’i after entering college, they too must be deprived of education.