Iranians in the Netherlands

[19] As of 2009[update], statistics of the Dutch Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek showed: For a total of 30,617 persons (16,758 men, 13,855 women).

The national anti-terrorism coordinator's office, the public prosecution department, and the police decided during a meeting on 6 August that "additional measures" were necessary for the protection of Jami, who subsequently received extra security.

[28] Not unrelated, the Iranian academic community has grown significantly, including professors Turaj Atabaki, Afshin Ellian, Halleh Ghorashi and Majid Hassanizadeh.

At the recommendation of the government, the University of Twente went so far as to halt its admissions of students from Iran entirely, stating that it could not ensure they would have no access to nuclear-related information.

[31] In July, they announced that Iranian students could be admitted but would be restricted from taking certain courses and visiting certain places related to the development of nuclear weapons.

In response, a group of Iranian students filed suit against the government, alleging that the restrictions violated the prohibition against all forms of discrimination established by Article 1 of the Constitution of the Netherlands.

The final verdict of the Supreme Court confirmed the initial verdict that the ban on Iranian students is discriminatory, unlawful and a breach to European Human Rights treaty and therefore the discriminatory regulations were overruled[34] In September 2011, Iran Academia: The Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities was established in The Hague by a group known as the Iranian Progressive Youth (IPY).

The IPY, which had its origins in the Iranian Green Movement in 2009, had grown into a network of students and researchers around the world, including in Europe, North America and Australia.

[42] In June 2010 the Dutch TV Channel NOS organized a visit for Ezzatollah Zarghami, director of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, to its headquarters in Hilversum.

At the same time, a Dutch foreign ministry spokeswoman told Reuters that they had decided to continue to provide funding to the radio station, with the aim of improving the situation of human rights in Iran.

PDN has also released various videos of cultural events, social gatherings and political demonstrations of Persian community in the Netherlands on the Internet.

Possibly as a result of this, many Iranians have redirected their ideological energies into participation in mainstream Dutch politics; prominent examples include politician Farah Karimi of the GreenLeft party or commentator and professor Afshin Ellian.