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Violent clashes broke out between safety forces and pupil protesters at college campuses throughout Iran on Sunday, based on activist and human rights teams within the nation.
Students continued to protest in giant numbers at a few of the nation’s foremost universities regardless of a warning from the pinnacle of the nation’s Revolutionary Guard Hossein Salami that Saturday was to be the final day of protest.
In a video obtained by CNN by way of the pro-reform activist outlet Iran Wire, two uniformed officers could be seen in what seems to be an try and arrest a protester. The video is claimed to be recorded at Sanandaj Technical College in northwestern Iran.
In the capital Tehran, activist teams claimed clashes broke out between protesters, members of the Basij militia and law enforcement officials in plain garments at Azad University however CNN can not independently confirm whether or not these within the clashes are safety forces.
Protests have swept by the Islamic Republic for weeks following the loss of life of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died on September 16 after being detained by “morality police” and brought to a “re-education center,” allegedly for not abiding by the nation’s conservative costume code.
In a video posted by activist group 1500 tasvir, a big crowd of protesters could be seen, with some holding sticks. Tear fuel seems to be thrown throughout the gang however it’s unclear who it’s thrown by.
In one other video obtained by CNN by way of the pro-reform activist outlet IranWire, college students at one other college within the capital, the University of Tehran could be seen marching and chanting: “It’s not the time for mourning. It’s time for anger.”
Official state information company IRNA reported a “large gathering” of scholars and professors on the University of Tehran “in response to the recent events and terrorist attack on the shrine of “Shahcheragh,” which happened within the southern metropolis of Shiraz on Wednesday.
Also, in Sanandaj, gunshots could be heard in a video posted by Kurdish rights group Hengaw, mentioned to be recorded close to the University of Kurdistan.
Activist group 1500 Tasvir additionally posted a video displaying safety forces exterior one other academic facility within the province, the Sanandaj Technical College for Girls on Sunday.
Iran Human Right (IHRNGO), an NGO based mostly in Norway, condemned “the encroachment of university campuses by armed plainclothes forces and the violent crackdown on peaceful student protests,” in a press release Sunday.
“With the continuation of nationwide protests, Islamic Republic armed plainclothes forces have entered university campuses to violently crush and arrest protesting students,” IHRNGO mentioned.
IHRNGO Director and University of Oslo Professor, Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam, referred to as on “universities and academic institutions around the world to support student demands and condemn the outrageous violation of university campuses by Islamic Republic forces.”
On Saturday the pinnacle of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Hossein Salami referred to as on Iranian younger folks particularly to desist from protesting.
“Today is the last day of the riots. Do not come to the streets again. What do you want from this nation?” Salami mentioned.