Close to 200 faculty members of the University of Tehran’s medical college held a protest gathering at Shariati hospital on Monday. They were denouncing the clerical regime’s suppression of the Iranian people’s recent protests.
Separately, a group of faculty members at medical universities in Tehran released a statement, asking: What sort of humanitarian or Islamic principle underlies the suppression of the widespread peaceful and just protests of the people, comparing the protestors to dust and twigs, creating a militarized atmosphere, violently attacking the university campus, beating and killing people on the streets, raiding private residences, and sparking terror, fear and destruction by certain elements and a phenomenon called “plain-clothes agents”?
They added: We, a group of university faculty members and doctors, vehemently oppose this unjust trend, and demand the unconditional release of all political prisoners and all those detained.
The faculty members and doctors also said: We demand the lifting of all social restrictions and limitations on mass communication, and an end to the atmosphere of censorship which has become prevalent since the election. Silencing media outlets and imposing strong controls on or disrupting phone communication, SMS, and internet use would not only help improve the situation, but will rather lead to increasing lack of trust among the public who may instead turn to foreign media outlets.
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