Archive for July 2018

Rouhani Facing Widespread Outrage as Student Protesters Remain Behind Bars and Receive Harsh Sentences 

120 Academics in Iran Call on Rouhani to Immediately Suspend Judicial Cases against More than 150 Students

July 17, 2018—In a stark display of societal outrage in Iran over President Hassan Rouhani’s complicity in rights violations, 120 academics from universities across Iran, some of whom are also current or former lawmakers and cabinet members, have called on the president to order the immediate suspension of the judicial cases against more than 150 students who are still in detention for their participation in the December 2017 – January 2018 protests. 

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