Source: RFE/RL
The human rights committee of the Islamic Association of Tehran's Amir Kabir
University has expressed concern about nine detained students from the
university who are being held at the notorious Evin prison.
Release Students
Detained for Peaceful Protests
The group said in a statement that the students, who were detained in
February, are under physical and psychological pressure. It is not clear what
the charges against them are, and they reportedly have very little contact with
the outside world.
There has been no reaction from Iranian officials regarding the students' cases.
Four of the students were detained before attending a ceremony marking the
anniversary of the death of Mehdi Bazargan, Iran's first prime minister after
the revolution.
The others were detained following a clash between security forces and student
activists who were protesting the burial on the Amir Kabir University campus of
the remains of Iranian soldiers who died during the Iraq-Iran war. The burial of
the unknown soldiers on the campus is seen as a move by Iran's government to
tighten its control over universities.
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