NCRI – Students in Iran are staging mounting protests at the gender segregation, suppression and poor services at universities throughout the regime.<\/p>\n
At Ferdosi University, in the city of Mashhad, officials have imposed a strict gender segregation plan with only male students permitted to be members of student associations – but the measure caused such outrage it has now been scrapped.<\/p>\n
Persian Literature students at Tehran\u2019s Tarbiat Moddares University protested on October 14 against the poor conditions and the timetabling of their study plans.<\/p>\n
And on October 13, more than 70 students at Kermanshah\u2019s Razi University gathered in protest against the dilapidated state of their dormitories and accommodation.<\/p>\n
On October 12, architecture students at Tehran\u2019s Azad University protested against increased tuition fees, while students at Zabol University are warning of more protests at officials\u2019 negligence of their demands – especially lack of air-conditioning on buses in stifling heat.<\/p>\n
Veterinary students at Shahr-e Kord Azad University have also protested at the suppressive measures imposed on female students, causing three students to be severely beaten by security forces and intelligence ministry agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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