Iranian College Students Face Pressure as Authorities Crack Down on Dissent
At least 40 students have faced hearings and 10 have been expelled as officials tighten campus discipline over protest activity, student unions said.
- Iranian universities are intensifying disciplinary hearings and expelling students to stifle campus dissent, according to student unions and rights monitors. Authorities are targeting protesters involved in demonstrations that emerged parallel to broader economic unrest.
- Ahmad Alamolhoda, Friday prayer leader in Mashhad and supreme leader's representative, warned last month that campus dissent threatens the nation. He urged universities to "track down any offending element" to prevent internal pressure spreading throughout the country.
- Disciplinary panels include university administrators, Intelligence Ministry agents, and Basij militia members who interrogate students on political loyalty. One student reported being questioned about his reaction to former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death on Feb. 28.
- At least 40 students have faced hearings, with 10 expelled at the University of Tehran and 10 at Amir Kabir University. Many remain anonymous, fearing retribution for their anti-government stance.
- As the country faces a monthslong U.S. naval blockade and ongoing war, students expressed fear that security measures combined with threat of escalated fighting will increase pressure on campus activists. The crackdown extends authorities' campaign to silence dissent amid economic crisis.
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Iranian college students face pressure as authorities crack down on dissent – WTOP News
CAIRO (AP) — After participating in an anti-government protest on campus, the social sciences student was called into a disciplinary hearing at his university and faced an intimidating panel: It included a cleric representing Iran’s supreme leader and an official who refused to identify himself. The questioning they gave him underscored Iranian officials’ seriousness in...
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Iranian college students face pressure as authorities crack down on dissent
CAIRO (AP) — After participating in an anti-government protest on campus, the social sciences student was called into a disciplinary hearing at his university and faced an intimidating panel: It
After participating in an anti-government protest on campus, the social science student was summoned to a disciplinary hearing at his university and faced an intimidating committee: it included a clergyman representing Iran's supreme leader and an official who refused to identify himself.
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