03 December 07 - 23:53New English language blog
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05 November 07 - 02:36Model letter for supporting the students of Allameh Tabatabai College
Dr. Mahmoud AhmadinejadPresidentThe PresidencyPalestine Avenue, Azerbaijan IntersectionTehranIslamic Republic of Iran(enter date) November 2007Dear Mr President
I am writing to you in order to protest against the treatment of students at Allameh Tabatabai Communication Sciences and Sociology College in Tehran. Students from this College were subjected to attacks by the College security guards, uniformed and plain-clothes security offers, as well as basiji elements. The violence, many arrests, and the detention of Arman Sedaghati and Maziar Samiee, were your government's response to the students' peaceful protest for the following basic democratic demands: - To protest against the severe sentences passed against three Amir Kabir University student activists; - the barring of a number of students from that university and other universities in Tehran from their studies; - the sacking of independent lecturers; - the permanent or ... (more)05 November 07 - 00:52Report on the students' gathering at the Allameh Tabatabai Communication Sciences and Sociology College
To protest against the severe sentences passed against three Amir Kabir University student activists; the barring of a number of students from that university and other universities in Tehran from their studies; the sacking of independent lecturers; the permanent or temporary banning of students' independent journals and creating a police atmosphere at universities; today, Tuesday 30 October, a gathering took place at the Allameh Tabatabai Communication Sciences and Sociology College in Tehran.
Even before the gathering had begun the police atmosphere reigned inside and outside the University. Initially a group of uniformed security and plain-clothes officers had parked their vehicles a short distance from the College. With such a show of force in front of the college, and the park opposite it, they intended to intimidate the students and prevent their gathering from spreading to outside the College. ... (more)
25 October 07 - 01:33Four students arrested at Chamran University, southern Iran
... (more)02 July 07 - 17:23Long live the resistance of the Polytechnic's jailed students
A few minutes ago worrying news reached us from Evin prison on the very critical condition of Abbas Hakimzadeh and Ahmad Ghosabian. According to this report, yesterday, after the students of [the Tehran Polytechnic] were chanting slogans like "Down with the dictator" and "Down with despotism", they became faced with the brutal reaction of the security forces.
According to this report Ahmad Ghosabian has concussion and is in a very critical condition and Abbas Hakimzadeh is in a coma following a blow to his temple.
Down with despotism!
Long live liberty!
Posted on the Tehran Polytechnic students' blog on 14 June 2007.
Translated by Militaant, journal of revolutionary socialist youth in Iran.
01 July 07 - 21:51Down with the dictator, down with despotism
According to the latest reports from Evin prison, while the students of the [Tehran] Polytechnic were under the most severe physical and psychological pressure and torture, and were locked up in solitary cells, they nevertheless continued their struggle.
According to this report by [chanting] slogans like "Down with the dictator" and "Down with despotism" the students of the Polytechnic were inspiring each other to resist the pressures bearing on them, and when one of the students would start chanting slogans, the others would join him.
This has happened many times this morning [Wednesday 13 June] in Evin prison and has really enraged the Evin torture squad. This is the [current] situation [even though] during the past few weeks the Evin interrogators have kept the students in solitary cells to prevent contact between them.
It should also be mentioned that the interrogation squad has [under orders] from Hadad, the security deputy of Saeed Mortazavi, been attempting with every ... (more)
25 June 07 - 11:56The manifesto of the socialist students of the Polytechnic on recent events
The manifesto of the socialist students of the Polytechnic on recent events
To the [politically] conscious students of the Polytechnic
For some time the ominous shadow of a cultural coup d'état has been bearing down on the University (1). Banning the [students'] press, arresting student activists, barring the active students [from entering the campus], banning cultural and artistic associations, and so on, all these point to a watershed in the state's disgraceful project. With Ahmadinejad's coming to power and the establishment of unanimity within the state, this project began with the forced retirement of dissident lecturers, limiting cultural and artistic activities, weakening the role of University's trade councils, the passing of severe sentences by the University's suppression committee, marking active students with 'stars' and preventing them from continuing their education, and creating a police siege atmosphere in the University. ... (more)
