Students Targeted for Activism , Clothing
Hassan Zarezade Ardeshir - 2007.06.10
Out of more than 70 students from Tehran’s Amir Kabir University who were summoned to disciplinary committees, 17 have been banned from continuing their studies. Moreover, 93 students faced disciplinary measures at the Karaj Azad University for inappropriate clothing. Several other students from universities across the country were summoned to disciplinary committees or the Revolutionary Court.
At Tehran’s Amir Kabir University, six students were arrested and dozens faced disciplinary action. In the past two weeks, about one hundred students were summoned to disciplinary committees. Seventy-one of them were summoned within the past few days.
Dozens of other students at the Amir Kabir University are still awaiting their verdicts. Many of these students were warned by university officials that they would receive disciplinary sentences if they participate in student council elections.
Meanwhile, three active students at the Amir Kabir University, Nariman Mostafavi, Naser Pouyafar and Hossein Tarkashvand, were summoned once again to appear at the Revolutionary Court. Yousef Molayi, who represents these students, says, “In the recent court appearance, my clients were told to appear at the general office for national security at the Revolutionary Court.” It must be noted that 6 Amir Kabir students are still being held and interrogated at the Evin Prison’s infamous Section 209.
Students are being targeted with disciplinary measures not just for political and social activism, but also for wearing nail polish or inappropriate clothing. During the past few months, entrances for males and females have been separated at several universities. Others have passed ordinances specifying limitations on students’ clothing and covering. Dozens of students have faced disciplinary measures on the basis of these new ordinances. In the second term of the academic year 1385-1386 [2006-2007], 93 students at the Karaj Azad University faced disciplinary measures. University officials targeted females for their nail polish and males for their “abnormal” facial hair or hairstyles.
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