{"id":211110,"date":"2019-01-05T09:57:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T09:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211110-iran-tehran-students-hold-the-third-consecutive-day-of-their-protests"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:45","slug":"iran-tehran-students-hold-the-third-consecutive-day-of-their-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia-iran-protests\/iran-tehran-students-hold-the-third-consecutive-day-of-their-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Tehran students hold the third consecutive day of their protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran: Tehran students hold the third consecutive day of their protests\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_lb0Z3xIUFq8\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Flb0Z3xIUFq8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lb0Z3xIUFq8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-12-31T19:24:55Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_lb0Z3xIUFq8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Flb0Z3xIUFq8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran: Tehran students hold the third consecutive day of their protests<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lb0Z3xIUFq8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Flb0Z3xIUFq8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Tehran students hold the third consecutive day of their protests\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran, Dec. 31, 2018 - On Monday, the students of Azad University\u2019s Science and Research branch in Tehran held demonstrations in protest to last week\u2019s tragic bus incident, which left ten dead and dozens injured. 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College students protesting outside the university were heard chanting, \u201cFacing our nation, with our backs to the enemy\u201d Tehran University students also chanted and protested the death of a number of students who lost their lives in the bus accident. Plainclothes agents were seen attempting to prevent the rally from expanding. These units were also seen clashing with college students in an attempt aimed at preventing them from heading towards the city\u2019s Enghelab (Revolution) Square. The demonstrations are happening in protest to an incident that happened when a bus carrying students veered off a mountainous road and hit a concrete column. The crash killed 10 passengers and left 27 others injured. University officials initially blamed the crash on the driver having a heart attack, but a coroner later denied the claim. 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Sources say regime agents sought to arrest a woman who was saved by other protesters.College students protesting outside the university were heard chanting, \u201cFacing our nation, with our backs to the enemy\u201d Tehran University students also chanted and protested the death of a number of students who lost their lives in the bus accident. Plainclothes agents were seen attempting to prevent the rally from expanding. These units were also seen clashing with college students in an attempt aimed at preventing them from heading towards the city\u2019s Enghelab (Revolution) Square.The demonstrations are happening in protest to an incident that happened when a bus carrying students veered off a mountainous road and hit a concrete column. The crash killed 10 passengers and left 27 others injured. 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Sources say regime agents sought to arrest a woman who was saved by other protesters.College students protesting outside the university were heard chanting, \u201cFacing our nation, with our backs to the enemy\u201d Tehran University students also chanted and protested the death of a number of students who lost their lives in the bus accident. Plainclothes agents were seen attempting to prevent the rally from expanding. These units were also seen clashing with college students in an attempt aimed at preventing them from heading towards the city\u2019s Enghelab (Revolution) Square.The demonstrations are happening in protest to an incident that happened when a bus carrying students veered off a mountainous road and hit a concrete column. The crash killed 10 passengers and left 27 others injured. University officials initially blamed the crash on the driver having a heart attack, but a coroner later denied the claim.The demonstrations, which started on Saturday, are demanding regime officials to be held to account for not doing enough to prevent such incidents from happening. Iran\u2019s universities have aging fleets of busses in poor maintenance conditions. While the Iranian regime spends billions of dollars to export terrorism and support proxy groups in the Middle East, Iran\u2019s universities and schools are lacking the most basic services and infrastructure.Seeking to cover up their role in this horrific tragedy, university authorities ordered all the other university busses to be car-washed to then claim new busses have been provided for the campus. 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