Iranian students expelled from university after allegedly burning regime flag

Two engineering students at Amirkabir University of Technology have been expelled for allegedly burning the flag of the Islamic regime and, according to some reports, waving the pre-Islamic revolution Lion and Sun flag. Amir-Mohammad Karimi and Mahyar Eghtesadi were dismissed in absentia by the university's disciplinary committee.

The university's student newspaper reported that the expulsions followed reports from members of the Basij voluntary paramilitary force, who are also students at the institution. The students were reportedly expelled under the charge of "creating chaos and disrupting the educational process," a description that diaspora media outlet Kayhan London characterized as a "fabricated charge."

These expulsions are occurring amid a broader wave of student dismissals across Iran. Sharif University of Technology has reportedly issued expulsion notices to eight students, the University of Science and Technology of Iran to 16, and Soureh University to four. Many students have also received significant temporary suspensions from their academic institutions.

In a separate incident, Reza Dalman, a master's student at Sharif University of Technology, was sentenced to expulsion and a four-year ban from studying nationwide. This followed an action where he allegedly hung a stuffed mouse from a tree, an act interpreted as an insult to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to Iran International.

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creating chaos and disrupting the educational process