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2026-02-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Renewed protests, clashes break out at Iranian universities
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[IsraelTimes] New anti-regime protests break out at universities across Tehran and elsewhere, after campuses reopen; footage shows clashes between students and Basij militia forces
Inside Iran, at least eight new anti-regime protests erupted at universities in recent days, some of which have seen clashes with the Basij militia or students aligned with it.
They were the first large-scale demonstrations since the mass killing of anti-government protesters in January, mostly over January 8-9. Some 7,000 deaths have been confirmed, but estimates of the total number of those killed reach into the tens of thousands.
The new protests started when universities reopened on Saturday, after all in-person classes had been suspended January 4, with the regime officially citing cold weather as the reason, amid the unrest.
The BBC on Monday confirmed demonstrations at eight universities in Tehran since Saturday, as well as others in Isfahan and Mashhad.
In footage from a women’s university in the capital, students were seen burning the regime’s flag. Other campuses saw chants of “woman, life, freedom” – the slogan of a protest movement in 2022 that the regime repressed – and “long live the shah,” a reference to Reza Pahlavi, whose father was deposed in 1979.
Video from the Amirkabir University of Technology in the capital showed clashes between the protesters and members of the Basij paramilitary force. Another video, from the University of Tehran, showed Basij members trying to enter a building in which demonstrators were taking refuge.
A protester from Sharif University in Tehran told The Guardian that anti-government students and Basij-aligned students physically clashed Saturday and Sunday. Another student told the broadcaster that protests are expected to continue in the days to come.
Iran state media reported that a text message, of an unknown source, was sent out en masse on Monday, reading: “The US president is a man of action. Wait and see.”
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