Standardized English Tests Are Halted in Iran

Wed Jul 21 18:45:50 UTC 2010

New York Times

Standardized English Tests Are Halted in Iran

The Educational Testing Service has announced that it is temporarily suspending registration for its tests in Iran, including the popular Test of English as a Foreign Language, in what may be one of the first tangible effects of the new sanctions levied against the country by the international community.

Experts and Iranian expatriates were appalled, saying that if the sanctions prohibited Iranians from studying abroad, they would hurt precisely the kind of outward-looking young Iranians the West would like to help. 

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/middleeast/18tehran.html?_r=1

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