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Iranian students begin new university term with protests
Students at multiple Iranian universities protested to honor thousands killed in recent crackdowns amid heightened US military presence pressuring Iran's nuclear program.
- Students held protests at several Iranian universities at the start of a new semester, some clashing with pro-government groups.
- Protesters condemned Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, chanted for the exiled son of Iran's toppled shah to be the new monarch, and clashed with volunteer student Basij militia.
- Footage showed hundreds of protesters peacefully marching and chanting on a street near the Sharif University of Technology on Saturday.
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Iran's university students clash with security forces during first day of academic term
Protesters and government security forces clashed at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, as student activists held a commemoration for people killed during large, widespread protests across Iran in January.
·United Kingdom
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For the first time since the wave of protests, slogans calling for the death of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, have resounded this week in several cities in Iran.
·Paris, France
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Renewed student protests sweep Iranian universities as semester opens
A video purportedly showed rows of marchers at Tehran's Sharif University of Technology condemning Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a "murderous leader", and calling for Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's toppled shah, to be a new monarch.
·India
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Leaning Left9Leaning Right14Center16Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Center
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