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Two thousand Sharif University students have written a letter to Saeed Sohrabpour, president of Sharif University, urging him to demand the release of their peers Mehdi Kelari, Koohyar Goodarzi, and Tara Sepehrifar.
The students criticized the “silence and diplomacy” of university officials and said: “Rather than reacting against the recent events, we have witnessed a complete surrender to outside institutions on behalf of the University, which has led to disciplinary sentences issued by university officials against the students.”
Koohyar Goodarzi is an aeronautics student who has been arrested since the end of December 2009. Tara Sepehrifar is a chemical engineering student who has been detained since February 10, 2010. Sepehrifar is the secretary general of Sharif University’s Islamic Association. The letter states that she played a “significant role in relieving the tense atmosphere that surrounded the university during the post-election events.”
Mehdi Kelari is also chemical engineering student. He has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
The letter states: ”On the first day when we entered the university, we believed that we could take advantage of the sacred institution and take steps toward prosperity and freedom for our beloved Iran. But the recent events have proved that the reality is far from the ideals.”
The signatories expressed their support for the decisions made by their imprisoned peers and stressed that the conditions for prisoners is disturbing.
In the letter, the students urge the president of Sharif University to be a “father” to all students and protest against the harsh treatment of his students.
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