As details of the death toll for January’s protests continue to emerge, three students explain why they are resisting a return to normality
More than 45 days after a brutal January crackdown that left thousands of Iranian protesters dead, students across several universities are protesting again. As Iran’s new academic term began on Saturday, students in Tehran gathered on campus, chanting anti-government slogans, despite a heavy security presence and plainclothes officers stationed outside university gates.
The Guardian spoke to protesting students about why they were rallying despite the fact that thousands had been killed and tens of thousands arrested in the January demonstrations.
“Our classrooms are empty because the graveyards are full,” said Hossein*, 21, a student at the University of Tehran. “It’s for them – our friends, classmates and compatriots, who were gunned down in front of our eyes, that we decided to boycott the classes.”
you are dancing around it, just making sure you know what this sort of media campaign is for.
You’re the one dancing. I don’t need to.
if you don’t need to why won’t you stop
I said “I don’t need to dance around,” implying “my worldview already aligns with reality and I don’t need to contort either to get them to fit together.”
What part of that do you interpret as meaning “I actually can’t argue against your opinion that’s divorced from reality even though you’re the one skewing facts and ‘dancing around’ just to try and validate your asinine take”?
If you expect the whole world to twist itself to cater to your needs and wants, then you’re probably a fascist.
still watching ya dance