Iranian universities free to turn away students without hijab

Physicist who spoke out in anti-regime demonstrations faces uncertain future, unable to return to her university or country

14 March

Sciences ‘under fire’ with appointment of hard-line cleric to oversee appointment of deans

13 February

Iranian academia was previously going through a phase of chronic depression in terms of socio-political activism, says Roohola Ramezani

20 December

Restrictions are partly due to a stilted academic culture in which criticism is uncomfortable, says Roohola Ramezani

12 January

Ministry decision to allow universities to deny services to women without headscarves ‘will only reinforce people’s anger’, says scholar