Thousands of Iranians took to the streets this weekend, defying an order by the powerful Revolutionary Guard to stop the demonstrations, now well into their seventh week, over the death of Mahsa Amini. Students rallied Saturday night and Sunday across the country, even after Major General Hossein Salami, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, issued a warning to protesters: “Don’t take to the streets!”
This Sunday, security forces fired shots and tear gas at a gathering of students in the city of Sanandaj, and videos of the incident show clouds of smoke, with cries of “freedom”, reported the organization Hengaw, based in Norway.
The Iranian authorities have tightened the repression at universities with the expulsion of students from colleges and residences for their participation in the protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, in addition to the detention of an undetermined number of students.
University sources told EFE that this weekend there have been numerous expulsions of students from universities and student residences in Tehran for their role in the protests. “Until now, students were able to protest in a climate of relative freedom,” a university source told EFE, who requested anonymity, adding: “This is over.”
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