Asghar Zarei
Asghar Zarei
اصغر زارعی
Unknown
Male
Unkown
Unknown
Alive
6 Dec 2020
- Director General of the Central Security Office of the Ministry of Science (Jul 2005 - Jul 2011)
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of the Baha’i minority’s right to education (2006) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Intelligence
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to education, Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination
- Description
- Asghar Zarei, as director general of central security at the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, has been instrumental in preventing Baha'i’s from studying in the higher education institutions because of their religious beliefs. In 2006, during his tenure in charge of the Central Security of the Ministry of Science, a confidential circular on "Prohibition of Baha'is from Studying in Universities" was signed by Zarei and sent to all universities and higher education centres across the country. This has prevented a large number of Baha'i students from entering the universities and continuing their education across the country.
- Sources
Picture of the confidential circular of the Director General of Central Security of the Ministry of Science, 2006
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-ontent/uploads/2018/06/1_LetterFromMinistriesToUniversities.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of the Baha’i minority’s right to education (2006) read more
- Head of the Country\'s Security Organisation (Jul 2011 - Nov 2013)
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.