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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour and Haroon Janjua

Iranian students defy security forces after violence at university

A composite of three images taken from a video posted online on 2 October showing Iranian students attempting to open the entrance gate at the University of Isfahan.
A composite of three images taken from a video posted online on 2 October showing Iranian students attempting to open the entrance gate at the University of Isfahan. Photograph: AFP

Iranian students have stepped up their protests in defiance of a crackdown by security forces, who allegedly cornered and shot a number of students at a prestigious university in Tehran on Sunday night.

Anti-government protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody in mid-September have spread around the country at various levels of intensity, revealing a cultural chasm between Iran’s educated youth and an elderly male religious establishment.

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