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Iran Bans Women, Men From Some University Majors
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Iran Bans Women, Men From Some University Majors
in IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF, 30/09/2012
This month, Irans universities became even more restrictive. Women studying at Arak University are now banned from studying computer science and chemical engineering, while Esfahan University forbids women from majoring in political science, accounting, and mechanical engineering.
Last year, Iran established quotas for women studying in certain fields part of a larger crackdown on academic freedom under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, currently in New York for the UN General Assembly.
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