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asher553 ([personal profile] asher553) wrote2006-11-30 05:02 am
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Clashes at Tehran Polytechnic

Azarmehr:

http://azarmehr.blogspot.com/2006/11/clashes-at-tehran-polytechnic.html

Three students from Amir Kabir university, Abbas Hakimzadeh, Ali Azizi and Majid Tavakoli, staged a sit in at the university entrance today. They were protesting at the decision to ban them from continuing their education. The three are involved with student publications which have been critical of the university management and President Ahmadi-Nejad's government. Their criticisms have resulted in the decision to
ban them from studying at the university.

The campus security threatened to forcefully remove the three students and this resulted in a spontaneous human chain by other students to protect the three. Campus marshals tried to break up the gathering by physically attacking the 200 students who had formed the human chain. One injured student was taken to hospital. ...

http://azarmehr.blogspot.com/

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