Iranian Elections

Photos of a ransacked Tehran University

Gregg Carlstrom | June 15, 2009 7:12 AM | 0 | recommend (0) |   |      

We heard many unconfirmed reports of violence at Tehran University last night. And photos are coming out this morning that support those reports. The university looks like it was ransacked overnight; a few of the photos show injured students. We've posted a few of them here -- you'll find the rest on the "25 Khordad" blog (25 Khordad is today's date on the Persian calendar).

Tehran University books Tehran University entrance
Tehran University ATMs Tehran University bike

Our best estimate, based on the information available, is that at least a dozen students were seriously wounded, and many more were arrested (or otherwise disappeared).

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Categories: Human Rights, Iranian Elections (2009), Politics

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