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“Death to Dictator” shouted protesting students in Iran

NCRI – On Sunday, Iranian students in universities across Iran staged demonstrations, chanting anti-government slogans and calling for the release of the detained students.

At Tehran University, the protesters chanted slogans against Ahmadinejad and carried banners calling for the release of three fellow students who have been held since May, the state-run media such as Fars news agency and IRNA reported.

"The students marched on the gate and damaged it… The students chanted slogans and carried protesting placards," IRNA reported. According to the eyewitnesses, Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) had initially shut the main gate to prevent large numbers gathering for the protest, but the students broke the gate so that others could enter.

NCRI – On Sunday, Iranian students in universities across Iran staged demonstrations, chanting anti-government slogans and calling for the release of the detained students.
At Tehran University, the protesters chanted slogans against Ahmadinejad and carried banners calling for the release of three fellow students who have been held since May, the state-run media such as Fars news agency and IRNA reported.
"The students marched on the gate and damaged it… The students chanted slogans and carried protesting placards," IRNA reported. According to the eyewitnesses, Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) had initially shut the main gate in to prevent large numbers gathering for the protest, but the students broke the gate so that others could enter.
"Ahmadi-Pinochet, Iran will not become Chile!", "Death to dictator," "Free all political prisoners," "University is wide awake," "University is the last barricade," "Students die but will not be humiliated," "Mr. President the student movement will stand until the end",
 chanted the students.

The demonstration took place as late last night and in the early morning hours, the State Security Forces (SSF) and agents of Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) arrested a number of students from various universities in Tehran, in an attempt to prevent a large student gathering in Tehran University to mark the Student Day in Iran..

In the past week, Iranian universities and colleges such as: Karman, Mazandaran, Shiraz, Azad Tabriz, Najaf-Abad, Boali in Hamden, Kermanshah, Orumieh, and Khorramshahr were the scene of anti-government protests by students commemorating the anniversary of December Seventh, Student Day.