News Center-  The protests that sparked in Iran and Rojhilat following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, have continued for more than three months. Women and students are on the frontline of the protests against hijab and regime. The International Community of Iranian Academics (ICOIA) wrote an open letter calling on the government to identify those who have murdered students.

The letter also said that more than 650 students have been kidnapped by the security and intelligence forces in the past 100 days. “Since the beginning of the revolutionary uprising, we have witnessed widespread and systematic violations by the military and plainclothes people and brutal crackdown on university students,” read the letter

No access to lawyers

In the letter, the ICOIA said, “It is a shame for the Science Ministry that 21 students have received sentences of up to five years in prison for participation in peaceful protests. Some students have also been sentenced to lashes. The sham trials of the students are held in a situation in which the defendants do not even have access to lawyers. Many students have been banned from entering university campuses.”

Call for resignation of rectors

In the letter, the academics called for immediate resignation of rectors, “If they do not have the ability to support students.”