This name has its roots in commemorating the anniversary of the killing of three Iranian students of the University of Tehran on December 7, 1953, when they were martyred by military forces of the Shah's regime.
The three students organized a protest against the resumption of political relations between Iran and Britain as well as the official visit by Richard Nixon, the then vice president of the United States, around four months after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état to overthrow the democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in order to reinvigorate monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Mostafa Bozorgnia, Ahmad Ghandchi, and Azar Shariat Razavi are the three martyred students, who lost their lives when they stood against tyranny.
The Iranian nation never forgot the sacrifices offered by the students and they continued their struggle which proved fruitful later years. Despite all crackdowns by the Pahlavi Regime and staunch opposition by the world colonial powers, the Islamic Revolution gained victory under the wise leadership of Imam in 1979.
Imam Khomeini founded an Islamic-democratic system which strengthened the Islamic and oppressed nations around the globe and brought prosperity for the Iranian nation.
This year, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi met the students on the occasion of University Student Day (Azar 16 or December 7).
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf earlier said that "Azar 16th" is the symbol of scandal of the American coup plotters against the noble nation of the Islamic Iran.
Speaking in an open session of the Parliament on Wednesday, he stated that “Azar 16th” is a symbol of seeking independence, fighting against Global Arrogance, colonization and foreign interference, and also a sign of defeat and notoriety of the American coup plotters against the Iranian nation.
He congratulated the Students’ Day to all university students, researchers and scientists throughout the country and commemorated the names and memories of martyred students.
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