Iran to establish girls’ only universities
Published: Monday, August 11, 2008
23:19GMT—07:19PM/EST
IRAN – WOMEN – UNIVERSITY
Washington, 10 August (IranVNC)—Dr. Mehdi Zahedi, Iran’s Minister of Science and Higher Education, announced in an interview to Mehr News Agency today that the Iranian government supports the establishment of women’s universities throughout the country.
“We established the Hazrat Masoomeh girls’ only university in Qom and the al-Zahra women’s only university in Tehran. If other provinces in the country currently announce their readiness to initiate women’s universities, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education is ready to simplify the initiation process for those provinces, according to availability of resources,” Dr. Zahedi said.
Source: Mehr News Agency
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(Original article written in Persian.)