Iran’s Students Hold Anti-Regime Protests as Universities Reopen
Iran students stage first large anti-government protests since deadly crackdown
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On February 21, 2026, Iranian students resumed anti-government protests as universities reopened for the new semester. Demonstrations occurred at multiple universities, including Amirkabir University and Sharif University in Tehran, as well as universities in Mashhad and Shahid Beheshti. Students, some wearing black to mourn those killed in prior protests, chanted slogans against the government and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The protests follow a government crackdown on a previous nationwide movement that was fueled, in part, by student activism. Reports vary, but some sources indicate clashes between opposing groups and arrests by police.
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AI-ExtractedDemonstrators at Sharif University chanted “Death to the dictator!,” referring to Iran’s supreme leader.
Students at multiple universities in Iran held anti-government demonstrations on Saturday.
At Amirkabir University, a student group wrote that protesters had chanted “our target is the entire system.”
The semiofficial Tasnim news agency said no students had been arrested.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting network said the demonstration at Sharif University began as a silent sit-in.
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