Iran's Forgotten Movement
The Huffington Post / Shirin Mohammadi
21-May-2009

In a country where over seventy percent of its population is under the age of thirty, the future of the Islamic Republic of Iran is undoubtedly in the hands of its youth. Since the establishment of Iran's first university in 1934, students have been the strongest advocates of political and social change. Yet as the international community continues to focus its attention on Tehran's nuclear activities and its hostile stance towards Israel, the efforts of the Iranian student movement are being left behind.

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