美国财政部外国资产管制办公室(OFAC)冻结通用许可证G后，美国考试服务机构ETS宣布立即暂停在伊朗的TOEFL和GRE考试1。ETS官方声明指出："鉴于OFAC暂停了通用许可证G，ETS已暂停在伊朗的TOEFL和GRE考试管理"1。这一决定影响深远，数千名伊朗学生失去了获取大学录取、奖学金和研究生项目所需考试成绩的机会1。
受到影响的伊朗学生被迫前往土耳其、亚美尼亚等邻近国家参加考试，这大幅增加了他们的经济负担，需要承担额外的旅行和住宿费用1。伊朗机构表示暂停时间尚不确定，未给出考试何时恢复的具体日期1。学生群体已发起请愿书，要求OFAC为学术考试提供豁免1。与此同时，许多伊朗申请者因签证困难已转向欧洲和澳大利亚大学申请1。
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has suspended administration of TOEFL and GRE examinations in Iran following the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) decision to freeze General License G 1. According to an ETS official statement, the halt became effective immediately, with the organization announcing: "Following OFAC's suspension of General License G, ETS has paused administration of the TOEFL and GRE tests in Iran effective immediately" 1. The suspension has created significant obstacles for thousands of Iranian students seeking to pursue graduate studies abroad 1.
With testing centers no longer operational within Iran, affected students must now travel to neighboring countries such as Turkey and Armenia to sit for these examinations, incurring substantial additional costs for travel and accommodation 1. Iranian institutions have indicated that the suspension duration remains uncertain, offering no timeline for when tests might resume 1. The disruption has prompted Iranian students to launch a petition calling on OFAC to grant an exemption for academic testing services 1. According to the petition, many applicants have lost opportunities for university admissions, scholarships, and graduate program placements due to the testing ban 1. Consequently, numerous Iranian applicants have redirected their focus toward universities in Europe and Australia as alternative options 1.
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