Isfahan University of Technology: disciplinary sentences for 30 students over the winter protests

The disciplinary council of Isfahan University of Technology has issued preliminary disciplinary sentences for about 30 students for taking part in the student protests of February and March 2026. The human rights news agency HRANA published the report on Saturday, 10 October 2026.

According to HRANA, Zafarollah Kalantari, president of Isfahan University of Technology, has said the disciplinary council reviewed nearly 50 cases linked to these protests and issued sentences for about 30 students. The sentences include temporary suspension from study, and for some students the heaviest penalty was suspension for two semesters. The university president claimed that no student has been expelled and that some of the sentences have been suspended, a claim that has not been independently confirmed.

University protests after the January uprising

The cases go back to a wave of student protests that took shape at many of the country's universities in the winter of 2025–26, as universities reopened after the nationwide January uprising. The names of the students covered by these sentences have not been published.

Disciplinary and security action against protesting students has continued at various universities in recent months. Alongside suspensions from study at universities, the Islamic Republic's judiciary has also handed down heavy sentences to a number of protesters from the January uprising, including the death sentence for Hadi Abbasian, a protester from Shirvan. HRANA's annual report has also recorded at least 2,003 executions in a single year.

About 30 students of Isfahan University of Technology have been suspended from study for up to two semesters over the protests of winter 2025–26.

Suspension from study, a tool for suppressing students

Suspension from study, temporary bans and summonses to disciplinary committees have long been standard tools of the Islamic Republic for containing student protests. Together with summonses and security and judicial cases, these sentences raise the cost of taking part in protests for students.

Sources

• HRANA