Despite the heavy presence of the Iranian
regime’s security forces at Tehran University today’s Students’ Day
commemoration went ahead as planned. Around 500 students and left-wing
activists took part in the event - with just 24 being arrested.
Four student activists have been arrested and there whereabouts are unknown.
Please add your organisation or name to the list of solidarity groups supporting
the campaign.
The Turkish parliament has voted massively in favour of granting its
army permission to carry out widespread military operations inside Iraq.
Diplomatic pressure has been mounting to pull Turkey back from the brink, but the
Turkish army continues to amass troops on its southeastern border. From being
the most stable region of Iraq,
the Kurdish area may become its most unstable and bloody.