On July 10, Iranian security forces burst into offices of the Iranian student movement in Tehran, shooting into the air and beating and arresting 11 leaders and other movement members.

The detainees are being held at Evin prison.

The raid came on the eighth anniversary of the 1999 unrest, when security forces attacked students in dormitories.

Iran's Judiciary spokesman said yesterday that the individuals arrested had participated in illegal activities, and that they weren't students.

The Mosharekat reformist party condemned the arrests and warned that current regime operations against journalists, women, and students were a run-up to a military regime in the country.

Sources: Rooz, Iran, July 10 and 11, 2007; Norooz News, Iran, July 11, 2007