Editing 1999 Iranian student protests (section)

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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title        = Iranian Student Protests of July, 1999
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| date         = 7–13 July 1999
| place        = [[Tehran]], [[Tabriz]], [[Isfahan]]
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| side1        = [[Association of Combatant Clerics|ACC Student Supporters]]<br />[[Tabriz University's student movement, July 1999|Tabriz University student movement]]
| side2        = Government paramilitaries
* [[Ansar-e Hezbollah]]
* [[Basij]]
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| leadfigures1 = [[Mohammad Khatami]]<br /><small>[[President of Iran]]</small>
| leadfigures2 = [[Ayatollah Khamenei]]<br /><small>[[Supreme Leader of Iran]]</small>
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| casualties1  = 5–17 deaths<br />1,000–1,500 arrests
| casualties2  = Unknown
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The '''Iranian student protests of July 1999''' (also known as '''18th of [[Tir (month)|Tir]]''' and '''Kuye [[:wikt:دانشگاه|Daneshgah]] Disaster''' ({{langx|fa|فاجعهٔ کوی دانشگاه}}) in [[Iran]]) (7–13 July)<ref name="Six days that shook Iran">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/828696.stm "Six days that shook Iran"] BBC News, 11 July 2000</ref> were, before the [[2009 Iranian election protests]], the most widespread and violent public protests to occur in [[Iran]] since the early years of the [[Iranian Revolution]].<ref>Ebadi, Shirin, ''Iran Awakening'', by Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni, Random House New York, 2006, p. 149</ref>

The protests began on 8 July with peaceful demonstrations in [[Tehran]] against the closure of the reformist newspaper, ''[[Salam (newspaper)|Salam]]''. Following the demonstrations, a student dormitory was raided by riot police that night during which a student was killed. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gorgin |first1=Iraj |title=Looking Back at Tehran's 1999 Student Protests |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Iran_Student_Protests/1182717.html |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=10 July 2008 |ref=1}}</ref>{{Short description|Violent public protests in Iran}} The raid sparked six days of  demonstrations and rioting throughout the country, during which at least three other people were killed and more than 200 injured.<ref name="Six days that shook Iran" />

In the aftermath of these incidents, more than seventy students [[forced disappearance|disappeared]]. In addition to an estimated 1,200–1,400 detainees, the "whereabouts and condition" of five students named by [[Human Rights Watch]] who are believed to be detained by Iranian authorities remain unknown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/press/1999/jul/iran730.htm|title=New Arrests and "Disappearances" of Iranian Students|publisher=Human Rights Watch|date=1 February 2013|access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref>