{"id":8753,"date":"2018-12-12T22:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T21:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=8753"},"modified":"2018-12-15T11:47:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T10:47:47","slug":"mossadegh-student-day-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/12\/mossadegh-student-day-iran\/8753\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Day; praising a continuous struggle for freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 7 in Iran is marked as the Student Day<\/a>. It commemorates the anniversary of three Tehran University students who fall for freedom; Ghandchi, Shariat-Razavi, and Bozorg-Nia, by the Shah\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Iran National Oil Movement, led by Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh<\/a>, the Iranian students played a significant role in support of the movement. InAugust 1953, Dr. Mossadegh, the legitimate Prime Minister, was ousted by a coup, led by the United States and the United Kingdom<\/a>. After that gloomy summer of 1953, and with the start of the new academic year, the university students resumed their activities against the coup and the regime of the Shah who had forcefully silenced the opposition forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the eve of Richard Nixon\u2019s visit to Iran, Tehran was under martiallaw<\/g>, but In spite of the heavy atmosphere of suppression, the students staged their anti-regime demonstration at Tehran University campus. The Shah\u2019s forces opened fire on the crowd, three students were killed and several more were badly wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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