Iranian students call for boycott over liberal cleric's
arrest
TEHRAN, March 10 (AFP) - Iranian university students called for a boycott
of classes Wednesday to protest the arrest of popular liberal cleric Mohsen
Kadivar.
The Students' Unity Movement called on students across the capital not
to attend classes as a show of solidarity with Kadivar, who was jailed
last month by order of Iran's powerful Supreme Court for Clergy (SCC) for
spreading propaganda "hostile" to the Islamic republic.
"If Kadivar remains in prison, we will take other actions,"
the group said in a statement to the Zan newspaper.
Hundreds of students demonstrated at Tehran university on Sunday to
protest the detention of Kadivar, an outspoken critic of the regime whose
case has sparked widespread public outrage.
But some 12 other demonstrations around the nation were called off amid
concerns the protests would overshadow Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's
historic visit to Italy which began Tuesday.
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