Tehran student gets prison term amid university clampdown

The Revolutionary Court of Karaj in Iran has sentenced a masters student in economics at the University of Tehran to one year in prison for engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran, as the authorities are intensifying their efforts to control the universities’ population which has been at the forefront of the 2022 uprising, reports Iranwire.

Parisa Salehi was also handed a two-year travel ban and a two-year exile, along with a ban on online activities. The student said that her and her family's homes had been searched twice by agents of the Karaj Intelligence Department in the past few months.

The moves are seen as part of the authorities’ broader strategy to silence student protesters from the Women, Life, Freedom movement and prevent further demonstrations on university campuses. Students at Tehran’s Al-Zahra University say security officials are scrutinising the work of art students, compiling a list of names associated with creations “representing nudity and unconventional subjects”.
Full report on the Iranwire site