Iran has begun arresting teenage schoolgirls and students who have taken part in anti-regime protests against compulsory hijab and taking them to “psychological correctional facilities” for “reform”, the education minister has said.
Police have begun turning up to schools and demanding to see lists of pupils who have taken part in protests, particularly girls. They have met with resistance from some schools, and at least one headmistress has been arrested for refusing to comply.
The education minister, Yousef Nouri , said in an interview with a reformist local paper, Sharq: “We don’t have any pupils in prison and those who have been arrested have been referred to psychological centres for correction and education to prevent them from becoming anti-social characters.”
How unutterably depressing.
Mick Hartley 
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