Four students arrested during nationwide protests
HRANA News Agency – In recent days, four students in Lahijan, Shiraz, and Tehran were arrested and transferred to an unknown location during nationwide protests.
According to HRANA News Agency, citing the country's student union councils, four students were arrested between Wednesday, September 20, and Sunday, October 2, 2022.
Mahdiar Gerami, a physics student at Shiraz University, was arrested in Lahijan on Sunday, October 22, 1402, Mohammad Gholamzadeh, a PhD student in sociology at the University of Tehran, was arrested on Saturday, October 23, and Soroush Ahmadi, a philosophy student at the University of Tehran, was arrested in Baneh in recent days by security forces. Also, Reyhaneh Naseri, a physics student at Shiraz University, was arrested on Wednesday, September 20, and has been denied contact rights for four days.
So far, there is no information about the charges against them or their whereabouts.
The Shahrivar protests of 1401 (Shahrivar 1402) refer to a series of nationwide protests that began on 16th of September following the death of a 22-year-old girl named Mahsa (Zina) Amini as a result of the actions of the moral security police patrol in Tehran, and spread to at least 85 cities and 18 universities in 29 provinces of the country by 1st of Mehr 1401 (Mehr 1402). These protests, which are still ongoing, have so far led to the arrest of hundreds of people and the killing and injury of dozens of protesters, including children.
Media outlets close to security agencies published forced confessions from a number of detainees, accusing the defendants of committing violence. The Iranian government also disrupted the internet nationwide, both at home and on mobile phones.
For more information, refer to the HRANA News Agency's initial summary report of the events of the first seven days of the protests.
Source: Radio Farda
