We are Iranian medical graduates residing in Iran who have spent years studying, training, and working toward one goal: to have our medical knowledge and professional competence assessed fairly and to build a future through an internationally recognised medical pathway.
We are now facing a barrier that we did not create and cannot control.
Due to the current restrictions affecting access to AMC examinations for candidates residing in Iran, eligible medical graduates are being prevented from scheduling and sitting examinations that are an essential part of the pathway toward medical registration and professional practice in Australia.
This is not simply an examination problem.
For many of us, this represents years of education, preparation, financial investment, and personal sacrifice. We have studied medicine for years, often under extremely difficult circumstances, and have invested months or years preparing specifically for the AMC pathway. Some have already paid examination fees or received examination authorisation. Others have structured their professional and personal lives around the possibility of taking these examinations.
We understand that examination providers must comply with applicable laws and sanctions. We are not asking anyone to violate the law, bypass sanctions, or compromise examination security.
We are asking for a lawful and practical solution.
Being born in, or currently residing in, Iran should not mean that a qualified medical graduate has no possible way to sit a professional examination. We are not political actors. We are doctors and medical graduates trying to determine our professional future through a fair assessment of our knowledge and competence.
We respectfully ask the Australian Medical Council and Pearson VUE to work together to establish an accessible pathway for eligible Iranian medical graduates residing in Iran.
Where legally permissible, this could include alternative examination arrangements or allowing affected candidates to sit the examination at an approved examination centre in a non-sanctioned country without requiring permanent or primary residency outside Iran.
We also ask that candidates who have already paid fees, received authorisation, or spent substantial time preparing are protected from losing their eligibility or financial investment because of circumstances beyond their control.
We are not asking for preferential treatment.
We are asking for the opportunity to sit the same examination, meet the same standards, and be judged by the same professional criteria as every other international medical graduate.
A medical degree represents years of human effort. Behind every candidate is a person who has studied, worked, sacrificed, and hoped for a professional future.
Please do not let circumstances beyond our control close the door to that future.
We respectfully ask the Australian Medical Council and Pearson VUE to hear the voices of Iranian medical graduates residing in Iran and provide a fair, lawful, transparent, and workable pathway forward.