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TEHRAN: Iranian students held a protest Sunday at Tehran University calling for freedom and denouncing the policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a pro-reform student group said. The protest amid heavy security was organized by the radical pro-reform Office to Consolidate Unity (OCU) student group to mark National Student Day. "There was tough control, they [authorities] would not let anyone in but students broke the gate and came in," OCU member Mehdi Arabshahi told AFP. "A lot of protests were directed at Ahmadinejad over oppression in universities and the bad economy," he added. "The protesters also demanded academic freedom and respect...

<p>Today is "Students Day" in Iran, and thousands demonstrated this morning in universities across the country. Below are pictures taken at Tehran UNiversit where the crowd was estimated at several thousand.</p> <p>Some of the signs read, "Death to Dictatorship", "Death to Islamic Republic", "Students For Workers", "We have nothing to lose to defend freedom", "Free political prisoners now", "Boycott the sham elections".</p>

This CONSERVATIVE ALERT is a special message for brook from RightMarch.com: ALERT: Are you a student, or do you know one? Are students like you or the person you know willing to give up your voice for a day, for those who have none? Since January 22, 1973 over 48,000,000 babies have had their voices silenced through surgical abortion in this nation. Children in their mothers womb have been dehumanized. Over 4,400 women being damaged by the loss of their child each day. On October 25, 2005 -- this coming week -- students from around the country will remain silent,...