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Student protest throughout Iran on the anniversary of the Student’s Day

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Student protest throughout Iran on the anniversary of the Student’s Day

Tabriz: Eyewitness report from Tabriz, northern Iran, indicates of a student demonstration at Tabriz University on Saturday. Students chanted “Death to the dictator” to mark the annual “Student’s Day” memorial. 


Zanjan: At Azad University in Zanjan, northwestern Iran, students rallied on Saturday to mark the “Student’s Day” chanting “students show bravery not weakness.”
They clashed with the Basij militias who tried to disperse them, but came across a stiff resistance by the students. Other reports indicate that a number of students were arrested.


Shahr-e-Kord: Students at Shahr-e-Kord University, western Iran, also clashed with the Basij militias during a protest gathering on Saturday. According to the eyewitnesses, 5 students were severely injured and taken to hospital.


Tehran additional Reports: The Basij militias and security guards arrested a number of Tehran University students on Saturday during the annual “Student’s Day” protest and claimed that those arrested were not real students and that their student IDs was forged. But the students ignored the crackdown and chanted “Death to the Dictator” and “Free political prisoners.”
Additional reports of the events on Sharif-Industrial University in Tehran indicate that students were chanting anti-government slogans including “we are seeking revenge for the blood of our brothers.” They prevented Shariatmadari, who is one of the key guardians of the hardliners, from entering the University. But when the security guards and the Basij militias tried to enter him secretly, students booed and shouted “get lost.” when he ignored boos and started to speak, students turned their back on him and shouted “the University is awakened and hate mercenaries.” Shariatmadari was frustrated and angry and called the students “seditionist” and “elements of the enemy”. Thereupon the students replied ” you are the enemy of Iran and enemy of this land.”