As details of the death toll for January’s protests continue to emerge, three students explain why they are resisting a return to normality

As details of the death toll for January’s protests continue to emerge, three students explain why they are resisting a return to normality

More than 45 days after a brutal January crackdown that left thousands of Iranian protesters dead, students across several universities are protesting again. As Iran’s new academic term began on Saturday, students in Tehran gathered on campus, chanting anti-government slogans, despite a heavy security presence and plainclothes officers stationed outside university gates.

The Guardian spoke to protesting students about why they were rallying despite the fact that thousands had been killed and tens of thousands arrested in the January demonstrations.

“Our classrooms are empty because the graveyards are full,” said Hossein*, 21, a student at the University of Tehran. “It’s for them – our friends, classmates and compatriots, who were gunned down in front of our eyes, that we decided to boycott the classes.”

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        1 month ago

        He’s from .ml, he won’t ever offer evidence, he’ll just continue to accuse you of all the worst things he can think of.

          • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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            1 month ago

            I don’t think western conservatives care about Iranian civilian casualties. If you’re suggesting I’m a conservative, you couldn’t be more wrong.

            Also, this is The Guardian. They’re not owned by billionaires. Oh, and they’re not the only source or evidence for the atrocities committed by the Iranian government against its own civilians, either. You’re the one rejecting evidence.

            You’re clearly just a shill running cover for the mullah, so why don’t you go eat shit?

              • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                1 month ago

                1. Because I’m not a conservative, dumbass. I do care about civilian casualties.

                2. The guardian crowdsources their funding from mostly small donations to maintain their independence from corporate interests.

                  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                    1 month ago

                    1. I don’t.

                    2. You’re calling it western propaganda because you either refuse to believe it or you’re actively peddling pro-mullah propaganda. Either way, I’m not wasting any more time on you.

        • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Iran did kill thousands of its own people. Were you sleeping? It wasn’t even that long ago.

          And nobody mentioned bombing Iran but you. This is an article about Iranian student protestors.

            • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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              1 month ago

              Not suddenly at all. I followed the New Iran movement back in 2021. I cared about their cause then and I care about it now. Are you suggesting we shouldn’t care about the plights of the proletariat around the world?

              Trump is a fascist, but that doesn’t mean I have to support the Ayatollah. And this article isn’t about the impending US invasion, it’s about the Iranian protesters. Get a clue.