Students for Freedom and Equality
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Students for Freedom and Equality دانشجویان آزادیخواه و برابریطلب | |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Dissolved | 2009 |
| Ideology | Socialism |
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Students for Freedom and Equality (SFE) (Persian: دانشجویان آزادیخواه و برابریطلب, romanized: Daneshjooyan-e Azadikhah va Barabaritalab) was a left-wing Iranian student organization that was active between 2006 and 2009.[1][2][3] After the Iranian Cultural Revolution (1980–1983), Students for Freedom and Equality represented the first organized presence of left-wing student activism across Iran's university campuses.[1]
In December 2007, Students for Freedom and Equality organized a series of demonstrations on several campuses, commemorating the Student Day (Iran).[1][4] Ahead of the demonstrations, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence (Iran) began arresting student activists belonging to Students for Freedom and Equality.[4] According to Human Rights Watch, during this country-wide crackdown on the organization, over forty student activists were arrested and tortured.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Vahabzadeh, Peyman. "Students for Freedom and Equality: The Inevitable Return of the Left in Post-Revolutionary Iran". Iranian Studies. (5-6) (54): 843-858. doi:10.1080/00210862.2020.1836952. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Boghrati, Niusha (8 July 2008). "Leftist Students Square Off Against President in Iran". World Press. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Bagheri, Behzad. "Socialist resistance in Iran". Red Flag. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Iran: Detained Students May Face Torture". Human Rights Watch. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2022.