THERAN: Hundreds of Iranian scholars held protests for a second day on Sunday, calling for college officers to resign over a bus crash that killed 10, state information agency IRNA mentioned.
The demonstrating scholars reportedly carried photos of sufferers of Tuesday's crash at a sq. resulting in the college, in an extraordinary display of dissent at Tehran's Islamic Azad University.
They demanded the college's chairman of the board of trustees Ali-Akbar Velayati resign, the sports activities and adolescence ministry's information agency Borna reported.
The bus was wearing 30 scholars alongside a mountainous highway inside the college's science and research campus in northwestern Tehran when it veered off the road and hit a concrete column.
Seven had been killed in an instant, state TV mentioned, whilst an up to date dying toll of 10 was reported through the conservative Tasnim information agency the day after the crash.
The college to start with blamed Tuesday's crash on the motive force having a stroke, which was later denied through the coroner's administrative center.
On social media, the public and students have pointed to the college's ageing bus fleet and deficient repairs.
Several mid-tier managers had been fired in the wake of the twist of fate and some arrested, the college advised semi-official information agency ISNA on Wednesday.
Students have referred to as for the college's bus fleet to be replaced.
They want an emergency centre to be set up on-campus and for guard rails to be erected alongside all the mountainous highway the place the twist of fate came about.
Iran's prosecutor common Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri visited the protesting scholars and referred to as for calm.
He promised them he would apply up on the case personally and punish wrongdoers "if they were found guilty."
Iran is the world's 7th deadliest country per capita for highway accidents, in keeping with 2013 information -- the newest available -- revealed through the World Health Organisation.
Efforts to modernise Iran's ageing and extremely polluting car fleet were hampered through a loss of funding.
Foreign firms Peugeot and Renault had been forced to withdraw this 12 months due to the go back of US sanctions.
The demonstrating scholars reportedly carried photos of sufferers of Tuesday's crash at a sq. resulting in the college, in an extraordinary display of dissent at Tehran's Islamic Azad University.
They demanded the college's chairman of the board of trustees Ali-Akbar Velayati resign, the sports activities and adolescence ministry's information agency Borna reported.
The bus was wearing 30 scholars alongside a mountainous highway inside the college's science and research campus in northwestern Tehran when it veered off the road and hit a concrete column.
Seven had been killed in an instant, state TV mentioned, whilst an up to date dying toll of 10 was reported through the conservative Tasnim information agency the day after the crash.
The college to start with blamed Tuesday's crash on the motive force having a stroke, which was later denied through the coroner's administrative center.
On social media, the public and students have pointed to the college's ageing bus fleet and deficient repairs.
Several mid-tier managers had been fired in the wake of the twist of fate and some arrested, the college advised semi-official information agency ISNA on Wednesday.
Students have referred to as for the college's bus fleet to be replaced.
They want an emergency centre to be set up on-campus and for guard rails to be erected alongside all the mountainous highway the place the twist of fate came about.
Iran's prosecutor common Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri visited the protesting scholars and referred to as for calm.
He promised them he would apply up on the case personally and punish wrongdoers "if they were found guilty."
Iran is the world's 7th deadliest country per capita for highway accidents, in keeping with 2013 information -- the newest available -- revealed through the World Health Organisation.
Efforts to modernise Iran's ageing and extremely polluting car fleet were hampered through a loss of funding.
Foreign firms Peugeot and Renault had been forced to withdraw this 12 months due to the go back of US sanctions.
Iran students in rare protest over deadly campus bus crash
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