Iran’s students protest in southern city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 05 – Students at the University of Technology in the southern city of Shiraz refused to attend classes and instead held a demonstration against a decision by the Ministry of Science to change the status of graduates, the official Iranian news agency reported on Monday. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Dec. 05 – Students at the University of Technology in the southern city of Shiraz refused to attend classes and instead held a demonstration against a decision by the Ministry of Science to change the status of graduates, the official Iranian news agency reported on Monday.

The Ministry of Science recently ordered the university to issue only science degrees for its engineering students.

The students demanded that they be recognised as qualified engineers after graduation.