Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 13

NCRI - A sit-in by students from the Tehran University in protest to the brutal suppression of fellow students, in particular during the recent dormitory raid, continues in the university mosque. Farhad Rahbar, an agent who was appointed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as dean of the university attempted to join the students in order to prevent any escalation of their actions, but his presence was met with further protests. Agents of the Revolutionary Guards late on Sunday raided the university dormitory and assaulted and arrested many of the students.

In another development, more than 120 university professors collectively resigned in protest to the killings of students by suppressive forces, and they joined the protestors.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
June 16, 2009