Iran: Strikes, Demonstrations and Protests by Tehran Polytechnic University Students 3/12/2018 8:23:00 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Relatives of detainees of Women’s Day demonstration, and Ahvaz steel workers joined the protesters Iran Uprising – No. 113 On Sunday, March 11, protests and strikes became more widespread. In addition to farmers in Isfahan, the families of the detainees, workers, students and various walks of people staged demonstrations and protest. 1. Students at the Polytechnic University in Tehran demonstrated and protested against the issuance of heavy sentences for students arrested during the January uprising. While carrying the photos of arrested students, they chanted: “Imprisoned student must be freed”; “political prisoner must be freed”. Basij militants attacked protesting students, battered them, and tore the photos of imprisoned students. Students confronted them chanting “shame on you”. 2. Families of tho...