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Students protest Ahamdinejad speech at Teheran campus
By Reuters
tags: Teheran, Israel, Iran 

Dozens of students scuffled with hardline supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday on the Tehran University campus and chanted "Death to the dictator" ahead of a speech there by the Iranian president.

"Revolutionary president, we support you," the hardline students shouted back, pushing and shoving those who were voicing opposition to Ahmadinejad, a witness said.
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The president was due to deliver a speech at the university later on
Monday to mark the start of the academic year. Liberal-minded students and academics have criticized the president for clamping down on dissent on Iranian campuses.

When Ahmadinejad was speaking at another university in December, he also faced students who sought to disrupt the speech by hurling firecrackers and burning his picture. On that occasion, officials said the president reacted calmly.

The president, who tends to polarise opinion in the Islamic Republic by berating the West and with his populist agenda, was due to give a speech at Tehran University last week but officials said it was postponed because he was feeling unwell.

The president and his government insist they support free speech and
constructive opposition, but students complain that some of those who have spoken out against the president have been detained or blacklisted from university courses.

Some students gathered at Tehran University shouted "Detained students should be released". Ahmadinejad's supporters chanted "Hypocrites, leave the university" and also carried banners with religious slogans.

In the late 1990s, students formed a bastion of support for the social and political reforms promoted by the then reform-minded president, Mohammad Khatami. But many became disillusioned later as promised reforms failed to materialize
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  1.   Who`s plotting now? 17:36  |  David 08/10/07
  2.   Is there yet hope 18:00  |  Yonatan 08/10/07
  3.   Iranian youth 18:09  |  Joseph 08/10/07
  4.   Students protest - incredible! 18:13  |  Esther 08/10/07
  5.   LET US HELP THE DOWNTRODDEN IRANI STUDENTS 18:50  |  R.Evenge 08/10/07
  6.   Alternatively? 18:56  |  Dovy 08/10/07
  7.   #6 Dovy is Naturei Karta 19:19  |  Jane 08/10/07
  8.   What Dovy? What would happen? 19:50  |  ChanahS 08/10/07
  9.   I KNOW WE ARE GOOD BUT ...THAT GOOD!!! 19:57  |  Robert 08/10/07
  10.   #6, I can answer you ?uestion..... 20:08  |  Carl 08/10/07
  11.   stone them to death 20:09  |  indrajaya 08/10/07
  12.   to indrajaya 20:15  |  Igor D. 08/10/07
  13.   indrajaya 20:21  |  alan 08/10/07
  14.   "staged` demonstration-lets not get excited 20:28  |  Bob 08/10/07
  15.   Hey, Indra...so, death is your answer for everything? 20:39  |  Polybios 08/10/07
  16.   11. indrajaya: "stone them to death" 20:44  |  KUTW 08/10/07
  17.   Indrajaya in France? 20:45  |  Mike 08/10/07
  18.   indrajaya bad stereotype for muslims 20:45  |  mike 08/10/07
  19.   To Indrayoyo the stoner 20:55  |  Rory 08/10/07
  20.   this will increase risk of war 20:59  |  zionist forever 08/10/07
  21.   # 14-BOB 21:01  |  Robert 08/10/07
  22.   president reacted calmly damn well knows 21:10  |  Free the World 08/10/07
  23.   indrajaya 21:13  |  see text 08/10/07
  24.   indrajaya suckering Talk Back again 21:15  |  Fred 08/10/07
  25.   Bravest Iranians I Ever Read About 21:21  |  Yosemite 08/10/07
  26.   Is Iran really better now than under the Shah? 21:27  |  Conroy 08/10/07
  27.   Fake Demonstration 21:31  |  Solon 08/10/07
  28.   To R.Evenge 21:33  |  Persian Kitty 08/10/07
  29.   Sham Demonstration 21:38  |  Solon 08/10/07
  30.   To David in Brazil 21:38  |  Persian Kitty 08/10/07
  31.   Dovy is delusional 21:40  |  DR 08/10/07
  32.   Indrajaya... 21:40  |  Steve Mcgarret 08/10/07
  33.   To Bob in Montreal 21:47  |  Persian Kitty 08/10/07
  34.   To Indrajaya 21:49  |  Otto Rand 08/10/07
  35.   To Robert #21 21:55  |  Persian Kitty 08/10/07
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  37.   To Solon 22:02  |  Persian Kitty 08/10/07
  38.   37 persian kitty 22:11  |  evelyn-the christian 08/10/07
  39.   Please don`t encourage them 22:22  |  Observer 08/10/07
  40.   Viva courageous students 22:31  |  Roxana from Iran 08/10/07
  41.   Proof That Iranian Democracy is Working 22:39  |  Mr. Knowitall 08/10/07
  42.   Courage 22:42  |  Yoram 08/10/07
  43.   TO Evelyn-the Christian 22:54  |  Persian Kitty 08/10/07
  44.   Natallie Durson gets indigestion for breakfast 23:04  |  Joe Sittizen 08/10/07
  45.   to Persian Kitty 23:22  |  Jossi 08/10/07
  46.   #39 23:35  |  Dr.J 08/10/07
  47.   UNFORTUNATE HEADLINE, BUT ARE YOU SMART ENOUGH TO SEE WHY? 23:37  |  Mohamed Malleck 08/10/07
  48.   # 40 Roxana from Iran 23:40  |  Mohamed Malleck 08/10/07
  49.   6Dovy,at the very least they`ll be tasered,recall the student who 23:42  |  lakshmi 08/10/07
  50.   #5 R. Evenge. Reform must come from within. 00:05  |  Maureen Ann 09/10/07
  51.   To Persian Kitten-NO HATE 00:16  |  Bob 09/10/07
  52.   To Persian Kitten-NO HATE 00:16  |  Bob 09/10/07
  53.   Attn: Persian Kitty 00:23  |  Murray of Montreal 09/10/07
  54.   #36 01:14  |  Moshe 09/10/07
  55.   The thirst for freedom 02:00  |  Slibovitz 09/10/07
  56.   Need Iranian website 02:20  |  Need Info 09/10/07
  57.   # 36 02:36  |  ChanahS 09/10/07
  58.   To Evelyn- the Christian 03:05  |  Persian Kitty 09/10/07
  59.   To Bob in Montreal 04:19  |  Persian Kitty 09/10/07
  60.   To Need Info 04:40  |  Persian Kitty 09/10/07
  61.   Significant, but not relevant. 04:54  |  Fortuna Benmayor 09/10/07
  62.   Not to Indrajaya but to the anti-Israeli "Americans" and others 08:12  |  S 09/10/07
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  64.   #57 20:23  |  Moshe 09/10/07
  65.   #47 01:22  |  Moshe 10/10/07
  66.   Opposition 10:52  |  Joseph 18/11/07
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