Student Day Protests
07 Dec 2010 11:445 Comments
Dec. 7, 2010
updates
Josh Shahryar, who will be filing a report for us later today, is live blogging here, and tweeting @JShahryar.
Homylafayette has a collection of videos here.
Videos from student protests are being posted here by the Mir Hossein Mousavi Facebook page.
EA WorldView is covering protests here.
A report from the LA Times blog.
Protests on Eve of Student Day
by HOMYLAFAYETTE
Dec. 6, 2010
Students at Tehran University's Technical College defied a security clampdown to stage a protest on campus on the eve of Student Day, according to videos posted on YouTube by Unity4Iran, an opposition website.
Student Day in Iran, December 7, is different from International Student Day, which takes place on November 17. While celebrating student activism in general, the Iranian event is also a commemoration of the slaying of three Tehran University students by the Shah's police in 1953, shortly after the coup that brought Mohammad Reza Pahlavi back to power.
Students organized mass rallies against the regime on this day last year. (For a live blog of December 7, 2009, please click here. For a detailed analysis of one video taken at Ghazvin University, please click here.) Reports from Iran indicate that the regime has bolstered security in an effort to prevent similar incidents from occurring tomorrow.
The following videos were taken at Tehran University at approximately 3 p.m. today, Unity4Iran explained in an e-mail exchange.
"Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein," the students chant in support of Green Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. "Death to the dictator!"
"With God's help, victory is near," they shout. "Death to this deceitful government!"
Homylafayette, a Tehran Bureau contributor, blogs here.
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5 Comments
Proud of my educated courageous Iranian students! Y'all make the World a better place!
Amin / December 6, 2010 10:44 PMDecember 7th (16 Azar) is sponsored by the Islamist regime as the 'Students Day', but all the protests shall be against the regime!
Maziar Irani / December 7, 2010 2:54 AMYou all be victorious soon. We are all proud of you my sisters and brothers. Oneday soon, Iran will be its magnificent self again and we all be there to witness it.
Nick / December 7, 2010 6:14 AMYes, this is the Fanny that I know and knew. I am proud of Fanny students, and any other non-Fanny student there.
Unlike what Maziar says, IRI does not sponsor 16 Azar. IRI prefers it if there is no gathering at all.
Nashenas-e Ashna / December 7, 2010 9:19 AMToday the university was full of baseej members which were brought to the campus from outside, they immediately tried to scatter the crowds and extiguish any protest... it was HORRIBLE...
neda / December 7, 2010 5:01 PM