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CHRI – Education Minister Claims Strikers Wrongly Teaching Students How to Protest Thousands of teachers went on strike throughout Iran for the third time in less than a year March 3-5, 2019, to demand fair pay, the release of their imprisoned colleagues and free, universal education. “The most important reason for the strike is that the government does not feel obligated to implement Article 30 of …

Al-Monitor – “I remember that it was the first of Esfand,” the former senior Iranian official recalled, referring to Feb. 20 in the Iranian calendar, “I was at the Supreme National Security Council with Mr. Rouhani, and I told him that we won’t have any vacation for Nowruz this year. He asked: ‘What do you mean?’ I responded that I …

Al-Monitor – Excluding spending for state-owned enterprises, the Iranian government’s proposed budgetfor the coming fiscal year (beginning March 21) is set at 4,700 trillion rials ($111.9 billion). The education budget, which covers the expenditures of elementary to upper secondary schools, amounts to 458 trillion rials ($10.9 billion). While public spending has risen by 40% overall in the proposed budget, the educational system’s allocated resources have only increased by …

Radiofarda – A Grand Ayatollah in Iran has chastised parliament for debating a law to equalize the amount of “blood money” paid to male and female victims or their heirs. Iran, Qom — Grand Ayatollah Ja’far Sobhani, undated. According to Islamic law, “diyah,” or “blood money” is paid as financial compensation to the victims or their heirs in cases of …

Radiofarda -Radio Farda’s Hannah Kaviani has interviewed Jonathan Franks the spokesperson for Michael White’s mother, Joanne White. Michael White, 46, has been held since July, and is the first known American to have been detained in Iran since Donald Trump became president two years ago. Hannah Kaviani got in touch with Franks through a crowdfunding campaign trying to raise money …