Support Iranain Students

[yasmine at eng.gla.ac.uk]

   Support the International campaign to defend Iranian Students

On this 20th anniversary of the foundation of the  Islamic Republic in Iran, the struggle against religious despotism has reached unprecedented dimensions.
As millions of Iranians confront the regime , students have taken a central role. Over the  last few months protests on university campuses have highlighted sweeping changes in Iran  and the students' slogan 'Death to Dictatorship' has dramatically and irreversibly transformed the political scene  .
 Those in power have decided to confront these protests with increased repression and the  creation of an atmosphere of terror . They have tried to suppress the political actions of the students, tried to  break the students' movement . Armed thugs of hezbollah supported by the security forces have repeatedly invaded the  campus of Tehran University and many other universities to break up demonstrations, stop speeches and arrest and recently kidnap student activists and leaders of student organisations. The government is also forcing universities to expel student activists and the lecturers who support them  
 We the signatories of this statement :
1-Express our solidarity with the pro democracy movement of Iranian students and support their call for political freedom and democratic rights in Iran and support their call  for freedom of all political prisoners in Iran.
2-Condemn the  use of armed violence against students and staff in Universities and demand the unconditional release of all arrested students and lecturers and the reinstatement of students and staff expelled for their political beliefs. 
3-Hold  the authorities of the IRI responsible for the increasing violence against students and academics in Iran.
4-Call on individuals, human rights organisation and movements and especially students organisations and academic organisations throughout the world to support Iranian students and condemn their repression . We call on international human rights organisations to intervene and demand an end to these attacks.

We have no doubt that, in alliance with the movement of Iranian workers , in alliance with the women's movement and the protests of writers and journalists , and with international  solidarity, Iran's students and lecturers will paralyse the rule of terror and dictatorship and will pave  the way for political , social and civil emancipation of Iranian  society.

-Professor Chomsky 
 Massachusset Institue of Technology USA 
-Professor Ervand Abrahamian 
City University New York   USA 
-Saira Zuberi
 School of Oriental and African Studies, 
 University  of London
-Steve Fleetwood
 Lancaster University
-Morris Halle
 Professor of Linguistics , Massachusset Institue of Technology 
 USA
- Suzi Weissman   Ph.D.
   Department of Politics
   Saint Mary's College of CA
- Bridget Fowler 
  Department of Sociology 
  Glasgow University
- David Mather 
  Department of Sociology 
  Glasgow Caledonian University   
- Professor Khalil Hindi 
  Faculty of Engineering
  Brunel University
- Saeed Rahnema 
  Toronto University , Canada
- Haydeh Mogheissi
  Toronto University , Canada
- Yassamine Mather 
  Depts of Aerospace and Mechanical Eng . 
  Glasgow University
-Massoud Karshenas
 Dept of Economics 
 SOAS University of London
-Professor J.B Sender 
 University of Lonson
-Professor J. Weeks . Head of Development Studies 
 SOAS University of London
- Professor T.J Byres 
  University of London
- Hammed Shahidian 
  University of Illinois at Springfield
  USA 
- Professor H.Bernstein 
  University of London
-Dr G Dyer 
  University of London
-Dr C. Lapavitsaz 
  University of London
- Professor B. Fine 
  University of London