Tarbiat Modares University
university in Tehran, Iran
Tarbiat Modares University (Persian: دانشگاه تربیت مدرس: Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modarres, lit. "Professor Training University") is a graduate public university located in Tehran, Iran. Tarbiat students have participated in several protests over the years. In 1999, a Basij crackdown on protestors in which the Basij killed a student led to a wave of protests which were repressed by Iranian security forces.
History
In 1999, Tarbiat students participated in peaceful protests due to the closure of a reformist newspaper, Salam. The students were cracked down by the Basij during their sleep. Personal belongings were destroyed and a student was killed after being thrown off the roof. The event led to a wave of protests in major cities in Iran, with protestors marching onto Supreme leader Ali Khamenei's residence. Slogans were chanted against Khamenei. Security forces cracked down on protestors, killing 3 and injuring 200 and arrested hundreds.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7685655. VIAF identifies the subject as 125360968. The Library of Congress control number is nr93012521. Authority coordinates are 35.721, 51.382. 1 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999.
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