On Dec. 28, Amir-Kabir, the Iranian students Website, reported that the student s of Isfahan University in protest to the suppressive regulations by the disciplinary committee of the university, staged a hunger strike. The reports indicate more than 40 students were summoned by the disciplinary committee.

Other students in other universities, such as Mofatteh, have issued statements in supporting them in which they said: We fully suppor protests and hunger strikes by Isfahan University students and we hold university officials responsible for the life of students.

Since the beginning of the hunger strike, university officials have called the homes of students many times and have threatened their families.