December 7th is also a significant date in Iranian history. Known as National Student Day, students annually mourn the death of three university students slain by Iranian police in 1953 during the brutal regime of the Shah.
This year the mournful commemoration took on a different tone, and was marked by demonstrations on university campuses across Iran in protest of the dictatorial theocracy ruled by Ayatollah Ali Khameni and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Many of the protests turned violent resulting in beatings, tear gas, rock throwing by protestors, and sweeping arrests. Human rights abuses abound.
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