Thursday, 26 February 2009

Violent protest has broken out at Amirkabir Polytechin in Tehran amid Islamic republic's decision to bury "Unidentified Martyrs" in small size cemetery on the campus, almost 20 years after the end of Iran-Iraq war.

Students are accusing the ultra-conservative establishment of using the burial as a pretext to militarize the universities by holding religious ceremonies largely attended by right wing militia backed by supreme leader "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei".

Over 70 students, at least 30 of which are female, have been arrested in a violent crack down of the peaceful protest. Videos of militia attacking students are widely published on the popular video sharing website: www.youtube.com