Statement No. 9 - URGENT
One student killed, 100 arrested in Tabriz students' protest

Revolutionary Guards and State Security Forces attacked a protest demonstration today in the northwestern city of Tabriz, killing one student, injuring scores of protesters and arresting more than 100 others.

The murdered student was identified as Mr. Kaveh Mohammadi, a development undergraduate in the University of Tabriz.

The students had gathered in the Faculty of Literature to express solidarity with their colleagues in Tehran University when the Guards attacked them..

Several wounded students are in serious condition.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 11, 1999

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