It is commemorated by various sections of the student movement in Iran, including Leftist, Islamic, and Nationalist groups. Ahmad Ghandchi who belonged to Jebhe-e Melli (Nationalist Front) and two other students, Shariat-Razavi and Bozorg-Nia who were claimed by Hezb-e Tudeh (a communist Party), were killed when the Shah's police forces opened fire on the students of University of Tehran going on strike in protest at the resumption of Iran's relations with Great Britain and Richard Nixon's visit to Iran, following the coup d'état of 1953. On the anniversary of Student Day in 2009, large student protests broke out in opposition to the 2009 Iranian Presidential election.