Picket outside the National Gallery in London. Around 100 activists from various British and Iranian groups protested against the arrest, torture and continuing detention of lefwing students in Iran.
Entries Tagged as ‘Students’
February 15, 2008
Solidarität mit den inhaftierten und gefolterten Studierenden im Iran!
Hinter der Fassade einer zynischen und verlogenen Kampagne für die „nationale Einheit“ angesichts des Drucks aus den USA hat das iranische Regime die Unterdrückung in vielen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen verschärft. Ob Busfahrer, Lehrer, Arbeiter der Zuckerindustrie, Gewerkschafter, Frauen, Journalisten oder andere Menschen, die Kritik an der Politik dieser verkommensten reaktionären Diktatur des 21. Jahrhunderts äußern – [...]
February 5, 2008
Support Iran’s jailed and tortured students!
Behind a cynical and bogus campaign for ‘national unity’ in the face of pressure from the United Sates, the Iranian regime has raised the level of repression against many sections of society. Whether it is the bus drivers, teachers, sugar mill workers, labour activists, women, journalists, or anyone who voices the slightest criticism against the [...]
January 30, 2008
Iranian regime tortures arrested students!
According to various student sources it has now been confirmed that at least three students have been tortured while in custody:
-Behrooz Karimizadeh’s forearm was cut so badly that he had to be transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
- Peyman Piran’s hand and shoulder were broken.
- Mehdi Allahyari was beaten so viciously by his interrogators that [...]
January 30, 2008
Iranian regime claims Kurdish student hanged himself!
A spokesman for the Iranian regime’s judiciary has claimed that Ebrahim Lotf-Allahi, a Kurdish student arrested in Sanandaj on 6 January, had hanged himself in his cell.
Ebrahim Lotf-Allahi, a fourth year law student at the Payam Noor University in Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan, was taken into custody by intelligence officers after leaving a university examination [...]
January 17, 2008
Carta abierta al presidente Chávez de los activistas obreros y estudiantiles iraníes
Sr. Hugo Chávez Frías
Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Estimado presidente:
Hemos escuchado las noticias de la liberación de dos rehenes de las FARC con renovada esperanza por el futuro de Colombia. La liberación de Clara Rojas y Consuelo González no sólo es un acontecimiento feliz para sus familias sino también un acontecimiento con [...]
January 13, 2008
Open letter to President Chavez from Iranian labour and student activists
Mr Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias,
President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Dear Mr President:
We hear the news of the release of two of the FARC’s hostages with renewed hope for the future of Colombia. The release of Clara Rojas and Consuela Gonzalez is not only a joyous event for their families but a development with [...]
December 11, 2007
Cientos de estudiantes y activistas de izquierda conmemoran el Día del Estudiante en Teherán
Apesar de la gran presencia de las fuerzas de seguridad del régimen iraní en la Universidad de Teherán, los estudiantes han celebrado el Día del Estudiante tal y como lo tenían planeado. Unos 500 estudiantes y activistas de izquierda participaron en este acontecimiento, unos 26 fueron detenidos.
El régimen iraní ha adoptado medidas que incluye [...]
December 5, 2007
Photos of the Students’ Day rally at Tehran University
The University is not a barracks!
Some of the students’ placards.
Female students marching.
Source: http://www.photoblog.com/zohrepix
December 5, 2007
Students threatened with arrest if they go near Tehran University!
On the afternoon of Monday 3 December the Iranian regime’s Information Ministry contacted a number of left-wing students and told them that they should report to the Ministry the next day. If they did not present themselves at the Ministry at 10am, or went anywhere near Tehran University, they would be arrested. The students contacted [...]
