11 University Students Suspended in Tehran for Attending Party

Eleven students from Tehran University of Science and Technology were suspended by the university's disciplinary committee for participating in a private party that included both men and women.

According to HRANA human rights activists news agency, some students were summoned by the Morality Police and pressured during disciplinary meetings to write statements in line with the university's expectations

"They heavily pressured us to write what they wanted. I don't understand why they printed large, colored copies of our group photos," one student recalled.

The suspensions underscore concerns about the pressure and limitations placed on student freedoms in Iran.

Besides university disciplinary actions, the report by the union councils of the country's students reveals legal repercussions faced by some students involved in protests.

Recently, Khabat Veisi, a student from the Kurdish town of Marivan was arrested on March 4 to serve a 15-month sentence and is currently imprisoned in Marivan's central prison.

Shyida Saberi, a film student at Shiraz University, announced on Instagram that she is being charged with "disturbing public order and holding an illegal assembly" for carrying a banner with the slogan Woman, Life, Freedom, during protests.

This comes following Saberi's previous detention for 12 days before the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death.

The death of 22-year-old Amini in Iranian police custody in 2022 sparked widespread protests and led to the emergence of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.