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.

With Ava Maria Safai, Mohammadali Beheshtimaal, Parham Rownaghi, Sepideh Yadegar, Naseem Naderi.

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