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The Forbidden University

2026 · 81 min · Documentary

In Iran, higher education is a crime—for Bahá’ís. The Forbidden University exposes a secret underground network where students and teachers risk prison, raids and exile, for the right to learn. Told through daring first-person accounts and striking animated reenactments, this is the hidden story of a secret beacon of hope born in the shadows.

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Nauzanin Knight — Director

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Ava Maria Safai portraitAva Maria SafaiTolouMohammadali Beheshtimaal portraitMohammadali BeheshtimaalShakibParham Rownaghi portraitParham RownaghiIqanSepideh Yadegar portraitSepideh YadegarNedaNNaseem NaderiNiknazHHamid KalooraziHead Revolutionary GuardAnthony Azizi portraitAnthony AziziInterrogator 1MMansour TaeedBiology ProfessorShahrokh Ferdowsi portraitShahrokh FerdowsiJudge MuqishMMaryam ZunuziMedical Sciences Professor

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