Plainclothes police and security forces, many of them armed, have tried to flood Iran\u2019s remaining open universities in an attempt to crush a fourth day of student protests against the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Running battles were reported on some campuses, with videos showing fistfights between the Basji state-backed militia and students at the University of Science and Technology in Tehran. Pick-up trucks with machine-guns were photographed parked outside the University of Tehran, with demonstrations also in Mashhad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere, students found themselves barred from entry if they had been identified as being involved in previous protests and university administrators also announced the closure of in-person classes. Nearly 80% of Iran\u2019s universities are already conducting virtual courses, partly to prevent students being given a chance to gather to demonstrate against the government and its brutal crackdown of the January protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Armed police flood Iran\u2019s universities to crush student protests | Iran | The Guardian https:\/\/t.co\/BfRAgBQwCe<\/a><\/p>— Michael Smith (@MickWSmith) February 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>