With post-election unrest in Iran, thousands of police officers have been tasked with maintaining public security as students go to take university entrance exams.

Tehran's deputy chief of police, Hossein Sajedi-Nia, said that more than 10,000 security officials would be on duty to tighten security and keep a sharp lookout for civil unrest until the end of university entrance exams in the country.

Sajedi-Nia explained that the security management has been devised to ensure and enhance the students' safety.

“Police escorted vehicles carrying questions to exam centers. There have been no reports of any irregularities in this regard,” he said.

University entrance exam is among the most important exams any student takes in Iran. The exam is a SAT-like test, based on the result of which students receive admission to universities for higher education.

More than 1.2 million students throughout the country bite their nails waiting for national entrance exams to be over.

The exams are held in five categories of Mathematics, Experimental Science, Human Science, Art, and Foreign Languages.

Iran holds entrance exam on June 25, 26 and 27 for state universities, while students applying for Azad universities will take the exam on July 2, 3 and 17.

NAT/MMN