On 3/2/07, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Student rebels in Iran expelled and earmarked for army
· Crackdown follows protest during Ahmadinejad visit
· Compulsory service seen as government revenge
Robert Tait in Tehran
Friday March 2, 2007
The Guardian
Iranian students involved in an angry protest against the president,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been expelled and
earmarked for compulsory
military service in an apparent act of official retribution.
Authorities at Tehran's Amir Kabir University, a traditional hotbed of
student protest, have ended the studies of 54 students, ostensibly for
repeatedly failing their exams. However, most of the students singled out
are political activists who took part in December's demonstration at the
university at which President Ahmadinejad was greeted with
chants of "death
to the dictator". Many students with equally poor academic records have
been allowed to continue, activists said.
The demonstration, which sparked violent clashes between
protesters and Basij volunteers loyal to the president,
was triggered by student anger
over a campus clampdown by the government.
One activist displayed a banner
reading: "Fascist president, the polytechnic is not for you." Others held
portraits of Mr Ahmadinejad upside down and set them alight.
One student had his nose broken by a cabinet minister's aide
and a member of Mr Ahmadinejad's security team fired
a stun grenade to disperse demonstrators.
Several protesters later went into hiding fearing for their lives after
being threatened by the president's supporters.
Has anyone actually watched the video of the Amir Kabir student
protest? Someone who goes by "pazman001" went to the trouble of
subtitling the whole event, and it is quite remarkable. You can watch
it at YouTube. The protest like this is never allowed to happen
anywhere else in the Middle East . . . or in the USA for that matter.
Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University 1/8 Subtitled:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP3yu84Lcmk>
Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University 2/8 Subtitled:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qn4XEfnFhI>
Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University 3/8 Subtitled:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psr6nGmynqM>
Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University 4/8 Subtitled:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7YJm1ALCB0>
Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University 5/8 Subtitled:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeWO8yZi5Kk>
Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University 6/8 Subtitled:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WLMSUdQfj8>
Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University 7/8 Subtitled:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUs9oghe-k>
Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University 8/8 Subtitled:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swJXGtKGFUA>
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Yoshie
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