Pupil Day (Iran)

Pupil day (Persian: روز دانش‌آموز), also known as "13-Aban-57"[1][2] is a day of commemoration in Iran.

;[3][4] On this day, Iranians remember the massacre of a number of Tehran's pupils who were gathered at the campus of University of Tehran in order to protest aga morning of 13th At the mentioned date, i.e. on 13 Aban,[5][6][7] at the demonstration which was also run by other groups of people (as well as pupils), the quarrel was commenced with tear gas, then by bullets.

Eventually, 56 pupils—and a number of other presented people—were killed by the army of the Shah; likewise hundreds of them were injured.

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