Iranian University Student Jailed For Two Years For Protesting

TEHRAN, July 29 (AFP) - An Iranian unversity student from the northwestern city of Tabriz has been sentenced to two years in prison for taking part in anti-regime protests in the summer of 2003, his lawyer was quoted as saying by student news agency ISNA.
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, a lawyer working with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, said the student had been convicted of insulting high-ranking regime officials and "disturbing the public mind".
He said the verdict would be appealed.
From June 10 to 20, 2003, Iranian university students led a series of anti-regime protests across the country, with the 25-year-old clerical regime responding with a major security crackdown.