College students in Iran continued to protest the deadly theft of a 19-year-old scholar on campus final week on Saturday.
Amir Mohammad Khaleghi, 19, a enterprise scholar at Tehran College, was killed in a theft close to a campus dormitory on Wednesday, sparking protests on Friday.
The protesters are accusing college officers of failing to maintain college students secure on campus, in response to native media.
The demonstrators clashed with police on Friday close to the place Khaleghi was killed outdoors a college dormitory by two unknown robbers.
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College students in Iran continued to protest the deadly theft of a 19-year-old scholar on campus final week on Saturday. (Simay Azadi/ Iranntv.com)
He later died in a hospital.
The protesters shouted issues like “Shame on you!,” “University security is a tool of the IRGC [Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps], you are our murderers!”, and “The blood that has been spilled can never be erased!”
Amid the outcry, Iran’s vice-president, Mohammad Reza Aref, ordered an “immediate” investigation into Khaleghi’s dying.
Hossein Sarraf, Iran’s Minister of Science, Analysis, and Expertise additionally warned protesters that “university issues must not extend beyond campus. Those who enter unlawfully will face severe consequences, and there will be no leniency in this matter,” in response to the state-run ISNA information company.
The protest was not politically motivated, however demonstrations within the nation can generally result in political unrest underneath the harsh regime.
Amir Mohammad Khaleghi, 19, a enterprise scholar at Tehran College, was killed in a theft close to a campus dormitory on Wednesday, sparking protests on Friday. (Simay Azadi/ Iranntv.com)
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Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Nationwide Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) wrote on X on Friday: “Salutes to the students of the University of Tehran who, in protest against the brutal murder of one of their peers, raised their voices with the powerful chant, ‘A student dies, but does not accept humiliation.’”
She added, “The perpetrators of this insecurity are either the Revolutionary Guards and suppressive forces themselves, or the result of the regime’s anti-people policies, which prioritize maintaining its power through the harshest oppression, with no regard for the safety or welfare of the people. I call on my fellow citizens to stand in solidarity with the students who today have declared that silence is no longer an option. Indeed, the university is the fortress of freedom and must fulfill its historic role.”
The protesters shouted issues like “Shame on you!,” “University security is a tool of the IRGC [Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps], you are our murderers!”, and “The blood that has been spilled can never be erased!” (Simay Azadi/ Iranntv.com)
Protests ignited three years in the past at universities throughout the nation after a 22-year-old girl died in custody after she was detained for allegedly not sporting her headband appropriately.
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The protests lasted for months, ending solely after a safety crackdown through which 500 folks died and greater than 22,000 had been detained.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
