New Academic Year Marked by Spread Protest Actions

SMCCDI (Information Service):

The beginning of the Iranian New Academic Year, starting today, was marked by spread protest actions.

Partial actions took place related to Iranian universities and schools, such as, the strike of students of Esfahan Pharmacology School, Hamdean Medical School and Tehran's Polytechnic Institute; Protest gatherings of some teachers of Mashad, Esfahan and Shiraz; or the refusal of many students to chant the Islamic regime's official anthem.

In some schools the students chanted the banned "Oh Iran!" anthem.

These actions took place despite the deployment of hundreds of agents of special security units in the Academic institutions and threats made against some teachers and students.