The unrest in Iran is escalating as anti-government protests take place at universities and in the streets.
Protesters have taken to the streets in Tehran, with reports of tear gas and gunfire being heard near the capital, as threats of a potential strike by the United States become more possible by the day.
“Ali Safavi, a member of Iran’s Parliament-in-Exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Fox News Digital anti-government protests at the University of Tehran featured chants such as, ‘This is the year of blood,’ and noted that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot at protesters at another location in the city,” Fox News reported.
The students marked the 40-day memorials of those killed in the January protests by gathering in Mashhad, remembering those who lost their lives speaking out against their country’s government.
“At Khajeh Nasir University in Tehran, students trampled on Khamenei’s picture, while similar acts took place at Ferdowsi and Sajjad universities,” said Safavi. “Students were shouting ‘death to the oppressor, whether the Shah or the Leader,’ while in Tehran’s Vali Asr Street forces fired at the crowds, which were mostly young people.”
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A statement was released by the students, condemning the authorities for what they see as suppressing their speech.
“Once again, we see that the tainted hands of monopolists seek to turn this sacred space into a playground for reactionary forces. We who have tasted the bitter experience of repression accept no form of dictatorship, whether with a turban or with boots,” the students said.
According to a Reuters report, some have been injured by students throwing rocks. Meanwhile, state television aired videos of what it says were people “pretending to be students” attacking pro-government forces who had turned out in Tehran to condemn the anti-government demonstrations in January.
“Security forces reportedly fired tear gas at crowds of demonstrators, many of them young people,” Fox News wrote. “At other locations, the protesters also confronted groups of pro-regime demonstrators.”
“Reports from opposition sources indicated that shots were also fired as security units attempted to disperse gatherings that had spilled beyond campus grounds into surrounding streets,” the outlet noted.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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