A group of imprisoned teachers: Shouldn't we cry for the state of this nation?!
A group of imprisoned teachers responded to recent incidents, including the burning of several students and the deaths of ten, in a statement. They say these incidents show that the least precious thing for those in power is the lives of the nation's children.
A group of teachers imprisoned in Evin Prison reacted to some recent incidents, including the burning of several students in Zahedan and the deaths of ten students at Tehran's Azad University, in a statement published on social media.
The statement said: "The pain from the burns that led to the deaths of innocent children in the oil boiler accident at the non-profit Oswah Hasanah School in Zahedan had not yet healed when another tragic incident severely affected the community."
The authors of the statement say: "The tragic death of 10 students and the injury of several others in the crash of a bus carrying students from the University of Science and Research to important postgraduate universities once again proves the fact that for some country officials, the most precious thing is the lives of the children of this nation."
Four girls lost their lives in a fire in a classroom at the “Asveh Hasaneh” preschool in Zahedan. The incident occurred on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. A week later, another tragic incident shook public opinion in Iran. On Tuesday, December 25, a bus carrying students from the Science and Research Department of Azad University overturned while traveling on the university campus. Ten people lost their lives and 26 were injured in the accident.
The statement by teachers imprisoned in Evin Prison states: "Isn't it truly shameful that students and academics, despite paying heavy tuition fees, are deprived of the minimum welfare facilities in times of economic pressure, and their families must worry about accidents caused by the use of substandard equipment in educational environments?"
The political prisoners who signed the statement added: "Shouldn't we cry for this nation when it is said that the number of road fatalities in the country due to the use of low-quality domestically produced cars, and that by certain individuals, is higher than the number of deaths in some wars?"
The statement continued: "Unfortunately, the occurrence of successive incidents, each more painful than the other, has gradually reduced the sensitivity of officials and perhaps the public, and the depth of the disasters that have occurred is not properly understood, disasters that each alone has the potential to cause widespread changes in policies and mass resignations of developed managers."
This statement was signed by Hamed Ainevand, Aryasb Bavand, Mahmoud Beheshti Langroodi, Mohammad Habibi, Hossein Sarlak, Ismail Abdi, Roozbeh Meshkinkhat, Reza Malek, and Taghi Nazari.
Source: DW
