Iran: First day of ISA elections at Amir Kabir University

"You attack, you kill, but how do you stop a flower from growing?" (flower representing the growing student activism),

"Today Babak, Ahmad, Maghdad, Tomorrow.." (referring to student activists arrested in AK University in the past few weeks),

"Today we are peaceful, but Tomorrow..",

"They don't let the student in his place" (regarding the recent banning of number student activists from entering the campus)

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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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