Families of student political prisoners summoned

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

According to ILNA, the regime-run news agency, the Islamic Judiciary has summoned the families of the Student political prisoners in order to "complete the investigations and present information on the Ministry of Intelligence and Security's prisoner list."

Qaazizadeh, the Executive Director of the Islamic judiciary announced: "Families whose loved ones are being detained should report to the superintendent of the Ministry of Science all across the country in order to provide information for the investigation and presentation on the list." Qaazizadeh confessed to the increase of pressure on Universities around the country and said that universities must cooperate with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) of the regime as well as the Ministry of Science and Technology. He said: "This plan is to establish an interface between the judiciary, Ministry of Intelligence and Security as Ministry of Science (the University Surveillance branch)."

Though this Executive Director did not specify what exactly "the established interface" is meant to achieve, it seems evident that this too is a part of the security and intelligence scheme to further oppress and squelch the University student protests that the regime began devising after the installment of Ahmadinejad to presidency.