IRANIAN STUDENTS PROTEST FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY, 1999-07-10 (photo)

Students at Tehran University protest after violent clashes between students and hardliners July 10. Some 10,000 students, joined by classmates at other Tehran universities, protested for the third consecutive day on Saturday and blocked a major thoroughfare near the campus. They chanted slogans against the police chief, Hossein Lotfian, whose officers had abetted an attack on a peaceful student rally by hardline vigilantes armed with tear gas, sticks and stones. The demonstrators demanded the release of fellow students arrested and the prosecution of those responsible for what they said were five deaths at the hands of police and their accomplices. There has been no official confirmation of any fatalities. JDP