From the very moment when students of Polytechnic University chanted slogans against president Ahmadinejad while he was presenting a speech to them at their school on the occasion of Student Day, one could predict that the president’s aides and particularly his political-security ones, would strive to get even with them harshly.
On that occasion, while the president tried to remain calm and present a kind image in response to their charts, eventually his patience ran out and he called the protesting students American agents, spoke about them getting money from foreigner and even made an unprecedented threat: “We will crucify pseudo-students.”
Following that, Mohammad Reza Bahonar who happens to be the principal supporter of the Majlis deputy speaker and also the leading supporter of the president in the parliament, announced that protesting Polytechnic students shall pay the price for their behavior in the presence of the president. He used a Persian proverb that says, “Anyone who eats a watermelon, will also have to bear its chilling effect.” Then, the Polytechnic University Student Baseej published the photographs and detailed background of all the students who had chanted harsh slogans against the president and warned that if university officials did not confront the students, Baseej would take action in this regard.
In any case, it appears that some individuals have already taken some action. Exactly one day after the Minister of Islamic Guidance – who happens to be the former editor in chief of Keyhan newspaper – accused members of protesting university student organizations of disregarding divine religious principles, certain individuals embarked on a startling act of publishing material that contains insulting language to religious tenets and the leader of the Islamic republic of Iran using the forged seal of publications belonging to the protesting students. From that day on, student organizations at Polytechnic University which are critical of the government came under assault, even though these groups have repeatedly stressed that they have no knowledge of the publication of these insulting material and that what is distributing under their name in this regard are forged documents.
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