When things heat up, they heat up. Reports of all sorts are filtering out of Iran from yesterday. Some are headline news stories: Ahmadinejad condemned for watching dancing women. Some are rumors: Ayatollah Khamenei is on his deathbed in the hospital. And some are apparently relegated to blogs and Iranian newsites: inspiring stories of students rallying for change.
The protest yesterday at Tehran University was apparently announced in advance by the national student union, Tahkim Vahdat. One blog carried live updates on the protest and noted that despite riot police present to make arrests, students reportedly broke open the gates to enter the campus. Gooya News also covered the protests (scroll down for photos). The protest followed a similar rally the day before at Sahand University in Tabriz, and smaller rallies were held on campuses across Iran.
4,000 students marched in Tehran. "Death to Dictators" was chanted by some. One speaker declared to the crowd: "Our struggle is fighting against
internal oppression and outside imperialist threats."
Very interesting. Too bad there appears to have been no international media coverage.
UPDATE: Could it be that this all because students are mad that the regime recently banned YouTube?
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