Solidarity and Student Protest in Iran. By Jeremy Brecher
	
		
			26 Jul 2003
		
		Submitted by: Alternative Press Center   Publisher: 
Foreign Policy in Focus (July 2003)
	 
	
		In June, vigilante forces attacked nonviolent Iranian student protesters, charging them on motorcycles and assaulting them with batons, chains, and knives. In addition, the Iranian government threatened to punish the students severely, arresting over 4,000 people. Three student leaders have been kidnapped. Where are the protests of the global peace movement and political left, asks Jeremy Brecher?	
	
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