Payame Noor University is a long-distance mega university in Iran. Its name means "The message of Light" in Persian.
The university was established in 1987, and has 229 campuses throughout Iran.
Iranian universities faced criticism in early 2007 about their treatment of Bahá'í students. Although religious identification has been removed from entrance exam papers, students are reportedly being expelled once their religion is discovered.
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Payame Noor University is a long-distance mega university in Iran. Its name means "The message of Light" in Persian.
The university was established in 1987, and has 229 campuses throughout Iran.
Iranian universities faced criticism in early 2007 about their treatment of Bahá'í students. Although religious identification has been removed from entrance exam papers, students are reportedly being expelled once their religion is discovered.
The controversy specifically focused on Payame Noor when an official university letter confirmed the expulsion as government policy. Over 30 Baha'i students have been expelled under the policy.
Additionally, in 2008, the university declared that Arabic will be the "second language" of the university, and that all its services will be offered in Arabic, concurrent with Persian. (See Iranian Arabs).
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