In commemoration of “Student Day”, Sunday, December 7, 2014, Medical Science University students where Mullahs’ president Hassan Rouhani planned to give a speech broke the security barrier to get to the hall where Rouhani was giving a speech. The students chanted anti-government slogans including “Independence, Freedom, Iranian Republic.”
This was a way for students to show their anger and frustration at the government. The suppressive security forces stationed in and around universities from early hours of morning out of fear of a wide spread unrest on this day, attacked the protesting students. The guards used batons to disperse the students and arrested anybody who was filming the scene with their mobile phone.
“Student day” ceremonies are held annually in Iran to commemorate the killings of 3 students in a peaceful demonstration on December 7, 1953 by the security police. Students throughout Iran hold annual gatherings and ceremonies on this day to remember those students. In recent years this demonstration has turned to anti-mullahs’ regime protest.