is under house arrest. even the universities having closed. tehran university is right behind me, one of the biggest in the country. the students were told by the government to, well, end the school year early, take an early holiday. everyone here says that's because they don't want the students involved in protests like in 2009. back then a lot of students were involved, some of them were jailed or even expelled. >> as a matter of fact there is nothing changed, because there is no democracy. >> reporter: the candidate rallies look very different from to 2009, and locals say they see a complete communication crackdown. many internet cafes are closed. many here social media is being closely watched. an amazing thing to see how different things are. you know, they don't really want to come on camera and talk about