The third week of nationwide protests in Iran turned particularly violent over the weekend when security forces besieged Sharif University and closed the main gates of the facility where hundreds of students were protesting.
in Iran turned particularly violent Sunday when security forces besieged Sharif University, a prominent university in the country, and closed the main gates of the facility where hundreds of students were protesting.
The unrest swept the country after the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of the morality police, which arrests women for not wearing a hijab properly. Protests, however, soon went beyond the condemnation of the morality police and turned into a movement against the Islamic Republic, with slogans demanding the toppling of the regime.the atmosphere as “dreadful.
"I say clearly that the riot is designed by America, the Zionist regime and those on their payroll," Khamenei said, alleging that some of the protesters have links to the country’s former monarch or some of its opposition groups. According to the Iranian penal system, such accusations can put people behind bars for years or even put them at risk of execution.
The call for the strike was received by many university students who kept protesting despite the crackdown on the Sharif University protests.
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