Brightest banned from study, work if thought to be 'dangerous'
(NEWSER) - Since last Sunday’s protest, Iran has arrested dozens on its “star students” list, in Tehran's latest effort to clamp down on youthful dissent. Iranian intelligence keeps a list of thousands of grad students it deems potentially dangerous, the Wall Street Journal explains. Students, who often find out about their status when they see stars next to their names in test results, are barred from any higher education and sometimes detained or interrogated. More»