Martyrs burried in Tehran university!
Cats: Politics|
This morning, armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran buried war victims (of the Iran-Iraq war) inside the campus of Amir Kabir University in Tehran!! The so-called ‘nameless martyrs’ were buried amidst tumult and despite protests from student activists.
Burying martyrs inside Tehran’s universities is a practical way for authorities to ban student gatherings and demonstrations, since the area surrounding martyr graves should be treated with utmost respect. As a result it is prohibited to gather in large numbers in such areas for any other purpose than mourning (!). So this certainly rules out political or cultural meetings!
This is a part of a strategy to suppress dissident voices within Iran’s lively university environment. It is one of many tactics in the conservatives’ battle to ‘re-Islamize’ and regain control with Iran’s universities.
Additional info released today:
Hundreds of Polytechnic University (Amirkabir) students protested for the second day in row to burying remains of five members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) left from 1980-88 war with Iraq on the campus.
Students chanted anti-government slogans when they were attacked by the plain-cloths agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and members of paramilitary Bassij students dispatched from other Tehran’s school to help quell the protests.
“Death to dictator,” “We don’t want a fascist regime” shouted the students when they were beaten by security forces. Twenty-five students were arrested and transferred in police vans to unknown locations despite attempts by their fellow classmates to get them released.
Seven wounded students were taken to nearby hospitals for immediate medical attention. Twenty years after the end of the eight-year-long Iran-Iraq war the remains of IRGC soldiers are being buried in Iranian universities.
also many of tehran university students protested against the arrest of their friends on this day.
