7 December1953, Iranians protested the overthrow of their democratically elected government by the US and British and the installation of a puppet government in the form of the dictator that was the Shah of Iran.
Three students were killed that day and 7 December became known as “Student Day” in Iran. After the Shah was finally overthrown in the Iraninan revolution of 1979, the country swung from a secular dictatorship under the Shah to a religious dictatorship under the Ayatollah. In the 90’s, “Student Day” became an occasion to protest for social and political freedoms.
And yesterday was Student Day in Iran and thousands of students have taken to the streets to protest Ahmadinejad’s election in June.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/12/20091277850229658.html
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