Pupil Day (Iran)

Pupil day, also known as "13-Aban-57" is a day of commemoration in Iran. On this day, Iranians remember the massacre of several students from Tehran who had gathered on the campus of Tehran University for a demonstration on the morning of the 13th.

Event

At the mentioned date, i.e. on 13 Aban, at the demonstration which was also run by other groups of people, 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.