Courageous protesting Iranian students by E.C. Fenig

Nine consecutive demonstrations at Shiraz University continued yesterday, with more than 3,000 students, Shahin Gobadi, a spokesman for the group, said in a telephone interview from Paris.

"We are men and women of fighting, dare to fight and we will fight back, " students chanted at Shiraz University, according to the spokesman. "To the commander of garrison, this is the final warning: The student movement is ready for the uprising."

In January, more than 2,000 students in Tehran University demonstrated against the government with chants of "Down with despotism."