Posted on 22 February 2010. Tags: Alameh Tabatabai University, Amin Nazari, Bahareh Hedayet, Daftar Tahkim Vahdat, Elm O Sanat University, European Union, Evin Prison, Gilan University, Human Rights, Iran Intelligence Ministry, Iran Revolutionary Guards, Iranian Student Activism, Maziar Samii, Mehdi Arabshahi, Milad Asadi, Morteza Simiari, Mousavi, Office to Strengthen Unity, Payman Aref, Rooz Online, Sajad Sadeh, Student Uprising, Tara Sepehrifar, Yaser Khosravizadeh
(Rooz Online) | February 18, 2010
Arash Bahmani
Note from INN (not in the original article in Rooz Online): The Student Association, the Office to Strengthen Unity is one of Iran’s largest and strongest student organizations, and has played a significant role in organizing student protests since the rigged presidential elections in June of 2009.
Pressures continue on [...]
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Posted on 22 February 2010. Tags: Amir Kabir University, Evin Prison, Human Rights, Iran Revolutionary Court, Iranian Student Activism, Majid Tavakoli, Prisoner Abuse, Student's Day
(RAHANA) | February 22, 2010
RAHANA – Majid Tavakolo was taken back to the Revolutionary Court in Tehran in prison uniform and with laceration marks above his right eyebrow. Tavakoli was not given any reason for his appearance before the court. He was detained in solitary confinement for 3 weeks before today’s court appearance.
According to Bamdad [...]
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Posted on 12 December 2009. Tags: Featured, Iran Green Movement, Iran Protests, Iranian Student Activism, Student Uprising, Tehran University
The following video was posted by Mehdi Saharkhiz on his Youtube channel today, showing students protesting in front of the gates of Tehran University, chanting:
“Students will die but will not surrender to oppression”
and:
“Dean of the University, Resign! Resign!”
Watch the video:
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Posted on 20 November 2009. Tags: Basij, Featured, Hamid Rasaei, Imam Khomeini University, Iran Green Movement, Iran Protests, Iranian Student Activism, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rigged Iran Presidential Elections
(France24/RFI
Pro-regime speakers are regularly invited by University Bassij to speak before students – but since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s controversial re-election in June, they face increasingly hostile audiences. On November 16, one of Ahmadinejad’s staunchest supporters was booed to silence with calls of “murderer” and “liar, go away!” But students often pay the price for their [...]
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