The student bulletin of Amir Kabir University in Tehran is quoted by the reformist daily Rooz as stating that the student movement leaders who were arrested in early July for activity against the regime (see "Iranian Authorities Arrest Iranian Student Leaders") are being harshly tortured and sexually abused, and that during their interrogations, which last over 12 hours, they are not permitted to eat or drink or go to the bathroom.
According to the bulletin, the torturers insert objects into the students' bodies, and their screams of pain can be heard from a distance.
Science, Research and Technology Minister Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi has claimed that some of the detainees are not students at all.
Source: Rooz, Iran, July 30, 2007
