Tehran University Students Express Solidarity with Protesting Art University Students

A group of students from Tehran University issued a statement expressing solidarity with students from the Art University, emphasizing that "wherever there is power, there is resistance." According to the Student Guild Council of universities across the country, the Tehran University students described the enforcement of the hijab for female students at the Art University as "a continuation of the suppression and display of power by the regime over universities and academics following the Jina uprising." They strongly condemned the actions of the Art University officials, stating that their only goal is to project a false sense of power, and declared that the maximum suppression policy, which has intensified in universities in a coordinated manner, will ultimately fail. On June 13, some domestic media reported, citing student sources, that nearly 40 students from the Art University were illegally banned from entering the campus under the pretext of inappropriate dress. The university's security informed female students that if they appeared on campus again without the "hijab," their suspension would be enforced. The following day, the Student Guild Council announced that many students at the Art University staged a sit-in at the university's National Garden campus in protest against the mandatory hijab, were beaten, and were deprived of access to water and food.