Student protests against Rouhani’s nominee for Minister of Sciences and Higher Education continued on October 28 and 29, 2017, in various universities across Iran.
Students of Tehran University held a gathering on October 28, 2017 to protest the university’s privatization policy, repressive atmosphere in the university and discrimination in the educational system.
Students of Tehran’s Sharif Industrial University, Sahand University of Tabriz, northwestern Iran, Razi University of Kermanshah, western Iran, and the University of Damghan, northeastern Iran, also staged similar gatherings on October 28 and 29.
Rouhani’s nominee, Mansour Gholami, however, was approved on Sunday, October 29, 2017, by the mullahs’ parliament.
