(Aboard Air Force One) The United States is “alarmed and outraged” by Iranian authorities’ crackdown on student protests, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday.
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“We are alarmed and appalled by reports of how law enforcement is responding with violence and mass arrests to peaceful student protests,” she told reporters traveling with President Joe. Biden to Puerto Rico.
Violent clashes erupted between students and security forces at a major university in Tehran, more than two weeks after protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini began, state media and NGOs said on Monday.