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Student rebels in Iran expelled and earmarked for army (Guardian)
Student rebels in Iran expelled and earmarked for army

· Crackdown follows protest during Ahmadinejad visit
· Compulsory service seen as government revenge

Robert Tait in Tehran
Friday March 2, 2007
The Guardian


Iranian students involved in an angry protest against the president, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, have been expelled and earmarked for compulsory military service in an
apparent act of official retribution.

Authorities at Tehran's Amir Kabir University, a traditional hotbed of student protest,
have ended the studies of 54 students, ostensibly for repeatedly failing their exams.
However, most of the students singled out are political activists who took part in
December's demonstration at the university at which President Ahmadinejad was
greeted with chants of "death to the dictator". Many students with equally poor
academic records have been allowed to continue, activists said.

The demonstration, which sparked violent clashes between protesters and Basij
volunteers loyal to the president, was triggered by student anger over a campus
clampdown by the government. One activist displayed a banner reading: "Fascist
president, the polytechnic is not for you." Others held portraits of Mr Ahmadinejad
upside down and set them alight. One student had his nose broken by a cabinet
minister's aide and a member of Mr Ahmadinejad's security team fired a stun grenade
to disperse demonstrators.

Several protesters later went into hiding fearing for their lives after being threatened
by the president's supporters.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2024713,00.html
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