Protesters erupt in universities across Iran as Trump weighs military strikes

Iran was rocked by caller protests crossed its universities complete nan play arsenic fears emergence of US subject involution against nan Tehran regime.

Students astatine respective universities gathered connected nan first time of nan caller semester connected Saturday to honour those killed by Iranian authorities past month. Footage showed clashes betwixt demonstrators and pro-government groups astir nan field of nan Sharif University of Technology successful nan capital of Tehran.

Protesters chanted “death to nan dictator”, referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and “we didn’t springiness our lives to discuss and praise a murderous leader”. In different areas, a chant of “woman, life, freedom, Iranian Republic” was heard, according to Iran Wire.

The protests travel arsenic nan US continues to build up its subject beingness successful nan region up of a imaginable attack. Donald Trump first threatened to intervene successful nan state past period erstwhile reports emerged that nan authorities was sidesplitting protesters.

Washington is now seeking a woody connected Iran’s atomic programme, but 2 rounds of talks person yet to output important progress.

On Sunday, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said that caller negotiations pinch nan US had brought “encouraging signals”.

Iran has suggested it could make concessions connected its atomic programme successful return for nan US lifting sanctions and recognising its correct to enrich uranium. However, a elder Iranian charismatic told Reuters that some sides stay sharply divided aft 2 rounds of talks.

The protests complete nan play were held successful campuses crossed respective awesome universities, including University of Tehran, Beheshti, Amirkabir, Elm-o-Sanat, Khajeh Nasir, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

The institutions person besides reportedly moved to “administratively” suppress students, pinch Sharif University announcing that respective students were now “banned from entry” for “violating assemblage norms”.

Mr Trump earlier this twelvemonth promised Iranian protesters that “help is connected its way”, arsenic he warned Tehran he would onslaught if it did not extremity its crackdown and halt immoderate planned executions of arrested protesters.

The January protests began complete economical grievances earlier spiralling into Iran’s largest and astir wide protests since nan 1979 Islamic Revolution. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said it has confirmed nan killings of astatine slightest 7,015 group during nan protests, including 6,508 protesters, 226 children and 214 who were affiliated pinch nan government.