2,000 students sign the anti-regime oppression petition

 

A petition against the Iranian regime's treatment of students as it works to suppress dissent was signed by more than 2,000 students at Tabriz University in Iran.

A petition against the Iranian regime's treatment of students as it works to suppress dissent was signed by more than 2,000 students at Tabriz University in Iran.

The right to freedom of expression and assembly was emphasised by the demonstrating students at Tabriz University of Medical Science.

The petition said that "the students... must not be threatened, suspended, or exiled," with many students discovered to be supporting demonstrations being barred from classrooms and dorms as the dictatorship works to stifle dissent.

The students at Tabriz University addressed the administrators and disciplinary committees and stated, "You have no right to silence and oppress the students with coercive measures and adverse rulings."

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that 637 students from 144 universities have been detained since the middle of September. These students were at the forefront of the disturbance that was started in September by Mahsa Amini's murder while being held in detention.

Universities have been the scene of a number of significant anti-regime protests, and over 700 students have reportedly been jailed, according to some sources within Iran.

Six colleges' students have released a declaration denouncing the government's abuse of psychological techniques to quell unrest.

Iran's Student Union Council had earlier reported that 435 students had been suspended or expelled as a result of recent rallies around the nation.