Iran university students demand release of jailed activists

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 27 – Students from Tehran’s Amir Kabir University have announced that they will hold a rally on campus on Monday calling on authorities to release seven of their arrested fellow pupils. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, May 27 – Students from Tehran’s Amir Kabir University have announced that they will hold a rally on campus on Monday calling on authorities to release seven of their arrested fellow pupils.

Leaflets and posters calling on youths to attend the protest have been distributed on campus and circulated among students across Tehran.

Less than two weeks ago, students from Amir Kabir University took part in a sit-in, demanding that authorities release fellow pupils who had been arrested for taking part in anti-government demonstrations.

Earlier this month, students staged a large protest on campus, once again demanding that authorities free jailed students. They also called for the expulsion of the university’s chancellor and an end to the government-sponsored crackdown on student rights activists.

Polytechnic University – also known as Amir Kabir University – has been a hotbed of anti-government demonstrations in recent months.