Despite the repression, the thousands of arrests and more than 300 deaths, the rallies and the general strike against the Iranian regime are expected to continue, Wednesday, December 7, for the third day in a row, in particular in the universities which mark the National Day of students.
Young Iranians have been at the forefront of this ongoing wave of protest since the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman arrested three days earlier by morality police for breaking the imposed dress code. Women's.
Because they are on the front line, the students are under a lot of pressure but intend to continue their movement, confides one of them, who agreed to testify anonymously, by telephone from Tehran.
"Since the 80 days when the protests started in Iran, from the first day, universities and students have been trying to carry out symbolic actions, to amplify this movement so that the fire of this revolution is maintained", confides - he.
“Students are a very important part of this revolution, you could even say that the protests started from the universities,” he continues.
“Even though security has been extremely tightened at universities, it has failed to calm students down.”
Most important day of the protest movement
The young Iranian, who assures that "the revolution is not organized by a country, a party or a leader", as the authorities claim, explains that the Students' Day will be the most important day of the protest movement .
"We want to come back to our universities, since they have banned some students from going to theirs. They have imprisoned young people, because this revolution started in the universities. And it will end thanks to them," he said. -he.
And to conclude: "This day of Wednesday is very important because the population will show its solidarity with the students (...). Many people will come to support us, this day will be very popular in the country and will be a pillar of our revolution."
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