Astreh Moludi,Tabriz student tries to commit suicide after being suspended from education

Committee of Human Rights Reporters

On Wednesday at about 3:30 am, Astreh Moludi, a cultural science student at Tabriz University committed suicide after her suspension from university sentence was finalized.
After breaking the dorm window, she cut her vein with a piece of lass but was taken to the hospital and operated on and lived.
After protesting election results last year and holding a sit-in on November 4, 2009, 10 students of this university were suspended from education while Moludi was sentenced to one semester of finalized suspension, one semester of suspended suspension and a university transfer was also suggested for her. Tabriz University officials, have threatened her close friends to refrain from publishing the suicide. These officials have also threatened the friends of this Kurd student not to inform her family regarding this issue yet.