TehranIran offers hijab-wearing Azerbaijani girls university places, state-affiliated Mehr News Agency reported.
First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref urged them to continue their education in Iran, per his X post.
Mehr says the science ministry announced its universities are ready to admit them, and Aref urged officials to follow through.
Mehr cites earlier reports, not figures, that some Azerbaijani students and teachers wearing hijab faced restrictions.
Mehr’s report carries no response from Azerbaijan’s government and no date for admissions.
How each outlet framed it
- Mehr News Agency
- reports Aref's X post urging Iranian universities to admit Azerbaijani girls barred over hijab, framing it as a regional education offer
Sources: Mehr News Agency