As reported by CRUI, SAR Italy, the Italian section of Scholars at Risk, shares the international academic community's concern over the current human rights violations of students and staff at Iranian universities, higher education institutions and secondary schools.

The demonstrations against the regime began after Mahsa (Jhina) Amini, 22, was arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating restrictive hijab laws, and later died in state custody on Sept. 16.

Iranians across the country took to the streets to express their anger over the lack of human rights, with the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom." Thousands of Iranians joined the peaceful protests to voice fundamental demands for reform. It was reported that security forces responded by opening fire on unarmed protesters, killing dozens and arresting hundreds more across the country.

Read the statement, in English, at scholarsatrisk.org at the useful link.