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These are six of the seven student activists from Amir Kabir University currently in solitary confinement at the 209 branch of Evin prison. Their crime is simply protesting against the dictatorial police state of the country, or as the fundamentalist regime puts it, “threat to national security”, more like a threat to their very existence.
Dr. Keyvan Ansari - Alumni Association of Iran, since September 18 (2006)
Babak Zamanian - Member of ISA, since April 21
Ahmad Ghassaban - Editor of Sahar, since May 3
Maghdad Khalilpur (not pictured) - Editor of Atiye, since May 7
Majid Tavakolli - Member of ISA, since May 9
Puyan Mahmudian - Editor of Divar, since May 9
Majid Sheikhpur - Editor of Sar-e Khat, since May 9

Babak Zamanian, the former communication officer of ISA , is reportedly in a critical condition after the torture has left him with a heart condition. He has been recieving torture in order to admit to the allegations attached to him by the regime news outlets like Kayhan newspaper and Rajanews website that claimed he has connections to foreign countries.

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Protest erupts in Tehran’s Polytechnic University

Translation:"In protest to the arrest of Ahamad Ghassaban, the university is closed".
" Release Ahmad".

Tehran, Iran, May 06 – Students in Tehran’s Polytechnic University staged a protest on campus on Sunday, eye-witnesses told Iran Focus in a telephone interview.

The protest erupted outside the main entrance of the university.

“Jailed students must be freed”, the students chanted. “Ansar, get lost”, they added, referring to Ansar-e Hezbollah, a paramilitary force that acts as the clerical regime’s storm troopers to put down anti-government demonstrations and instill terror in members of the public. Iranian officials have conceded in the past that the Ansar-e Hezbollah has been organised and led by close confidants of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, such as Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati.

The student protest took place as hard-line vigilantes loyal to the Supreme Leader arrived on campus and began a counter demonstration. “Un-Islamic students must be executed”, the vigilantes yelled.

Meanwhile, the student protestors called for the expulsion of the university’s chancellor and an end to the government-sponsored crackdown on student rights activists.

Polytechnic University - also known as Amir Kabir University - has been a hotbed of anti-government demonstrations in recent months.

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