{"id":9316,"date":"2026-11-14T11:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T07:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/news\/official-decision-bans-international-students-from-recruiting-students\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T11:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T07:32:38","slug":"official-decision-bans-international-students-from-recruiting-students","status":"publish","type":"tasjil_news","link":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/news\/official-decision-bans-international-students-from-recruiting-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Decision Bars International Students from Working in Student Recruitment in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tn-content-paragraph\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 16.1px;font-style: normal;font-size: 24px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-weight: bold\">Iran Bans International Students from Recruiting Foreign Students<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;font-style: normal;font-size: 20px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span>Iran\u2019s Student Affairs Organization, affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, has prohibited international students from engaging in any activity to recruit or attract non-Iranian students to study at Iranian universities and educational institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;font-style: normal;font-size: 20px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span>The decision follows approval by the Admissions Working Group of the Supreme Council for Planning and Managing Non-Iranian Student Affairs, issued on 17 Aban 1405 (8 November 2026). It stipulates that international students may not recruit foreign students or represent institutions operating in this field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;font-style: normal;font-size: 20px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span>Under the decision, institutions licensed to recruit international students are also prohibited from issuing letters of representation or authorization to international students. Iranian universities must likewise refrain from accepting any form of cooperation with students identified as representatives of these institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;font-style: normal;font-size: 20px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-weight: bold\">Legal Restrictions on Foreign Students\u2019 Work in Iran<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;font-style: normal;font-size: 20px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span>This policy is based on the regulations governing foreign nationals\u2019 employment in Iran. A student residence permit does not automatically grant an international student the right to work. Under the announced regulations, foreigners may work in Iran only if they meet the legal requirements and obtain the necessary work visa and permit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;font-style: normal;font-size: 20px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span>Accordingly, international students in Iran on student visas are not permitted to engage unlawfully in professional or commercial activities. Their student status or educational residence cannot be regarded as a legal basis for working in marketing, recruitment, or institutional representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;font-style: normal;font-size: 20px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span>The new decision aims to regulate the activities of institutions involved in recruiting international students, establish the legal framework for cooperation between them and universities, and prevent international students from performing representative or professional roles in this sector without meeting the legal requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;font-style: normal;font-size: 20px;line-height: normal;font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust: none\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-weight: bold\">Issuing authority:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span>Student Affairs Organization of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology \u2013 General Directorate for International Student Affairs \u2013 Department of International Student Recruitment Institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Student Affairs Organization has announced a ban on international students working in the recruitment of non-Iranian students. It also prohibited recruitment agencies from issuing them representation letters and required universities not to cooperate with students acting as representatives of these agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9317,"template":"","tasjil_news_category":[2174],"tasjil_news_country":[2185],"tasjil_news_city":[3806],"tasjil_news_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9316","tasjil_news","type-tasjil_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tasjil_news_category-ministry-of-education-news","tasjil_news_country-iran","tasjil_news_city-tehran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tasjil_news\/9316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tasjil_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tasjil_news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tasjil_news\/9316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tasjil_news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tasjil_news_category?post=9316"},{"taxonomy":"tasjil_news_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tasjil_news_country?post=9316"},{"taxonomy":"tasjil_news_city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tasjil_news_city?post=9316"},{"taxonomy":"tasjil_news_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasjil.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tasjil_news_tag?post=9316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}