Universities have traditionally been a place for political activities and protests not just in Iran but around the world. Having thousands of young and idealistic people together in a small area is bound to create dissent against brutal regimes like the one currently in power in Iran. Moreover many of the ideas of the reform movement came from intellectuals who learned and taught at the Universities of Iran. Iran has one of the best educated populations in the Middle East and many students attend the Universities of Iran after they graduate high school.
Student protest in Iran is a tradition in Iran going back to the opposition to the Shah. During the school year right before the 1979 Revolution, campuses across Iran started protesting and this help to spread the protests to the greater population. Student protests against this regime have gone on for years with the 1999 student protests being the most dramatic example.
It is clear that the current protests will continue in the Universities and the students are not going to sit idly by while their nation is taken down such a horrible path. We will see how long these protests can be sustained and if they can be moved to the greater population. We will also have to wait and see what the regime will do in response possibly clamping down or shutting schools. One thing is for certain that these protests show that the will of the Iranian people is not defeated and the young people of Iran will carry on the fight for freedom.
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