We can hear shots, tear gas and see students running in the underground car park of Sharif University to escape the riot forces… A scene of panic was relayed on social networks after a day of demonstrations, Sunday October 2, 2022, in Tehran.
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Several hundred students were protesting against the murder of Mahsa Amini and the arrest of students arrested during the recent demonstrations, sparked on September 16 by the death of the 22-year-old young woman, arrested three days earlier by the morality police in Tehran for violating the strict dress code which notably obliges women to wear the veil.
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Students in #Sharif university in #Tehran #Iran are surrounded by security forces. The video is the carpark at the uni.Students held a gathering to protest hours ago.#MahsaAmini #Mahsa_Amini
— Sima Sabet | سیما ثابت (@Sima_Sabet) October 2, 2022
The scene took place in the heart of the most prestigious scientific university in Iran, also known for its spirit of resistance. Face-to-face classes have been suspended from Monday. “Sharif University of Technology has announced that due to recent events and the need to protect students (…), all classes will be held virtually from Monday“, according to the Mehr news agency.
According to a witness, quoted by the independent news site Iran Wire, students were beaten, others were fired upon when police forces entered and cordoned off the building, armed with paintballs, gas tear gas and shotguns. Several young people were injured. To calm the situation, the Minister of Science came to the university and began a dialogue with the students and the forces stationed around the establishment. If some of the students were then able to leave the university, others remained stuck inside. Witnesses testify to having seen the arrests of several dozen students, as well as teachers: videos circulate showing young people, black hoods on their heads, embarked in police vans.
#Sharif_University students are hooded or have their shirts put on their heads by the police and taken away with a police van. Tehran, Oct 02, 22.#IranProrests2022 #Mahsa_Amini #MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/8aW1Q5zuvg
—IranWire (@IranWireEnglish) October 3, 2022
These are a few snapshots from Iran, despite the regime’s heavy weight on all news from the protest movement. And more and more voices are heard:You attack the elite of this countrys”, denounces the former glory of Iranian football Mehdi Mahdavikia.