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Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.

1999 Iranian student protests

Violent public protests in Iran

The Iranian student protests of July 1999 were, student protests which were violently repressed by the Basij and Ansar-e Hezbollah. before the 2009 Iranian election protests, the most widespread and violent public protests to occur in Iran since the early years of the Iranian…
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Iran

Country in West Asia

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan…
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University of Tehran

Public collegiate university in Tehran, Iran

The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching profile, UT…
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