<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235062,00.html> Students Cry Out for Freedom in Large Demonstration at Tehran University
Thursday, December 07, 2006
TEHRAN, Iran — "What do we want? Freedom!"
That was one of the banners a large crowd waved on Wednesday at a demonstration at Tehran University.
As many as 2,000 students turned out to demand personal freedom in the Islamic state, which has cracked down on political activity on campus this year in what some have called the Second Cultural Revolution.
The theme of Wednesday's protest was Student Life is Alive.
The police apparently made no effort to stop the demonstration, which ended peacefully.
One banner, in Persian, read: "If I rise up and you rise up, everyone will rise up."
Another read: "Our struggle is twofold: Fighting against internal oppression and external foreign threats."
Photographs of Wednesday's demonstration were posted on Iranian websites and in the blogosphere.
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061206-0820-iran-students-.html> REUTERS
8:20 a.m. December 6, 2006
TEHRAN – More than 300 pro-reform Iranian students chanting 'We only want freedom!' protested in Tehran on Wednesday, demanding greater freedom of expression, Iran's student news agency ISNA reported. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>