Students at Melli University in Tehran chanted “political prisoners must be freed” during a speech by the Mullahs’ president, Hassan Rouhani at the university. This was despite tight security controls put in place prior to the President’s speech. A group of handpicked Bassige militants hauled in by the security forces to prevent any student protest shouted regime approved slogans including “nuclear energy is our right.”
Iran’s state run television which was broadcasting live the event, stopped the broadcast when students started to ask questions which could have brought embarrassment for the regime.