More than two weeks after the death of Mahsa Amini, the protest movement continues in Iran, despite the crackdown. This weekend, protests were held at various universities across the country.
Two hundred people, according to the local Mehr agency, gathered this Sunday on the grounds of Sharif University, the most important scientific university in Iran, in Tehran. According to the same source, in particular they chanted slogans hostile to the current religious system in the Islamic Republic as well as “woman, life, freedom” or “students prefer death to humiliation”.
In the evening, violent incidents broke out between the protesting students and the security forces.
Tear gas shots
In a broad protest movement that is shaking Iran, these students were demonstrating after the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, this 22-year-old woman detained by Tehran’s morality police for violating the strict dress code that requires, in particular, women wear the veil. She died three days later in hospital after falling into a coma.
According to local media and videos posted on social media, a large force of security forces has been deployed near Sharif University on Sunday. Police allegedly fired paintballs, steel balls, and tear gas.
Several videos show security forces chasing students, in particular chasing them into an underground university car park.
serious concerns
To defuse the situation, the Minister of Science entered the university to speak with the students and initiate a dialogue with the forces stationed around the establishment.
This Monday morning there was concern about the fate of these students. Indeed, according to a journalist from Spot, they were still locked up on campus late into the night. According to a local agency, face-to-face classes have been suspended since Monday.
On Sunday, students demonstrated in many universities and protests took place in several cities including Tehran, Yazd, Kermanshah, Sanandaj, Shiraz and Mashhad, with participants chanting “independence, freedom, death to Khamenei,” it reports. The Guardian.
Source: BFM TV
