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The2003 Iranian student protests was a series of nationwide rallies andstudent protests inIran against presidentMohammad Khatami and demanded more liberal democratic reforms and justice over the deaths in theIran student protests, July 1999.
Massive protests andGeneral strikes first began on 12 June, when anti-government demonstrators chanted slogans against presidentMohammad Khatami and his reign in power. The wave of popular, chaotic demonstrations became the biggest and most violent since 1999. Protesters had a clear demand, a more liberal democratic government and fresh elections to be held. Fresh street protests culminated into violence as riots broke out inTehran,Abadan and teachers also started to rally. The student demonstrations consisted ofLobbying,Looting andPicketing. Mass protests strengthened and brewed, drawing international attention, and protesters also demandedDemocracy, an end toPolice brutality,Unemployment andPoverty to be curbed,Free speech and Free rights, Independent Media and free student education. Protests continued daily, triggering theIran Revolutionary Guards to be sent to disperse protesters. Protesters chanted slogans and anti-corruption chants as marchers clashed with police at peaceful demonstrations inMahshahr, where protest sites have been located, as well asQom. Police tackled theCivil disobedience and nonviolent uprising by usingLive ammunition andRubber bullets to disperse protesters. The security forces managed to quell the mass uprising using brutal tactics after more demands was met in growing opposition street demonstrations byteachers and workers to presidentMohammad Khatami.[1][2][3] The protests first began after new plans to privatise universities by thousands of civilians and citizens, mainly young people, then turned into sustained anti-government rallies calling for the overthrow of the regime.
The anti-regime protests was the biggest since 1999, but protests was suppressed by the security forces, their demands was suppressed.