SAR’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project investigates and reports attacks on higher education with the aim of raising awareness, generating advocacy, and increasing protection for scholars, students, and academic communities. Learn more.
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On June 16, 2023, state security forces violently attacked students peacefully protesting Tehran University of Art’s policy mandating that female students wear the maghna’eh, a black cloth that covers their head, face, and chest. Security forces detained 10 student protesters. The ...
On December 14, 2022, security forces arrested four students in front of the university dormitory in apparent connection to their participation in a December 10 campus protest. Starting on September 17, protests spread across Iran, including at various universities, following the ...
On December 10, 2022, state security forces reportedly attacked students participating in a protest at the Sanandaj Girls Technical College, following the execution of a protester from nationwide demonstrations over the death of a young woman who was in the ...