Posted on 12/07/2010 8:25:24 PM PST by nuconvert
BEIRUT—Iranian students staged antigovernment protests nationwide Tuesday, turning an annual commemoration of student political activism into an opportunity to voice opposition to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the regime that backs him.
Videos posted online showed students marching across campus grounds with green banners—the color of the opposition—holding pictures of jailed students, and chanting "death to the dictator" and "free student prisoners."
Security forces responded with a heavy security deployment, and at least eight arrests, according to the student website Daneshjoo. Official media didn't cover the protests or report any arrests.
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Thanks nuconvert.
good luck to them......
They have lost the support of their youth. They must have forgotten to institute the teachings of Karl Marx in their schools and universities. When the old guard is gone, the new Iran will be a better, happier, more prosperous nation.
Our current regime will not give the students any support because it is on the other side.
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