US EditionIranian Students Protest as Trump Weighs Military Action
Students at multiple Iranian universities protested to honor over 7,000 killed in last month's crackdown amid rising US military pressure over nuclear talks.
- On Saturday, Iranian students staged protests at several universities, some clashing with pro-government groups, including at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran.
- Marking the 40-day mourning for January 8 and 9 peak period victims, students staged campus gatherings recalling unrest that began in December over economic strain.
- Verified footage from BBC and AFP showed marches and clashes at Tehran campuses, including chants of `bi sharaf` and sit-ins at Amir Kabir University of Technology.
- Washington has deployed USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R Ford, jets and forces to press Iran amid ongoing diplomatic talks and military build-up.
- Rights groups report conflicting tolls from the crackdown, HRANA confirming 6,159 deaths with 17,000 more under investigation while Iran International estimates over 36,000 fatalities.
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Iran Students Protest for Second Day Despite State Crackdown
A second day of antigovernment protests erupted on university campuses in Iran’s two largest cities, according to student and human rights groups as well as videos, which were verified by The New York Times, despite a deadly state crackdown on unrest. The protests took place in at least seven university campuses in Tehran, the capital, and in the northeastern city of Mashhad, according to accounts from student groups. They come as Iran’s clerica…
Students at several universities in Tehran commemorate those killed during the protests in January.
Iran's Gen-Z Rallies For Second Day As Fears Of War With US Mount
Iranian students gathered for fresh pro- and anti-government rallies Sunday commemorating those killed in recent protests, as fears loomed of renewed conflict with the United States over the country's nuclear programme.
New protests break out in Iran weeks after crackdown
Dubai: New anti-government protests have begun in Iran, witnesses said Sunday, February 22, as university students in Tehran and another city demonstrated around memorials for thousands of people killed in a crackdown on previous nationwide demonstrations about six weeks ago. Iran’s state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad on Sunday. The scattered protests erupted Satur…
Defying repression, new protests push Iranian regime back
Tens of thousands protested across Iran Feb. 17-18 to mark the 40-day commemoration of the massacre of more than 7,000 protesters at the hands of the bourgeois clerical regime. “This flower that was cut down has become a gift to the homeland” and “if one person is killed, 1,000 will take their place” were among the chants at the actions.
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