Violent clashes break out between students and security forces across Iran, rights groups say - CNN

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Violent clashes broke retired betwixt information forces and pupil protesters astatine university campuses crossed Iran connected Sunday, according to activistic and quality rights groups successful the country.

Students continued to protestation successful ample numbers astatine immoderate of the country’s main universities contempt a informing from the caput of the country’s Revolutionary Guard Hossein Salami that Saturday was to beryllium the past time of protest.

In a video obtained by CNN via the pro-reform activistic outlet Iran Wire, 2 uniformed officers tin beryllium seen successful what appears to beryllium an effort to apprehension a protester. The video is said to beryllium recorded astatine Sanandaj Technical College successful northwestern Iran.

In the superior Tehran, activistic groups claimed clashes broke retired betwixt protesters, members of the Basij militia and constabulary officers successful plain apparel astatine Azad University but CNN cannot independently verify whether those successful the clashes are information forces.

Protests person swept done the Islamic Republic for weeks pursuing the decease of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died connected September 16 aft being detained by “morality police” and taken to a “re-education center,” allegedly for not abiding by the country’s blimpish formal code.

In a video posted by activistic radical 1500 tasvir, a ample assemblage of protesters tin beryllium seen, with immoderate holding sticks. Tear state appears to beryllium thrown crossed the assemblage but it’s unclear who it is thrown by.

In different video obtained by CNN via the pro-reform activistic outlet IranWire, students astatine different assemblage successful the capital, the University of Tehran tin beryllium seen marching and chanting: “It’s not the clip for mourning. It’s clip for anger.”

Official authorities quality bureau IRNA reported a “large gathering” of students and professors astatine the University of Tehran “in effect to the caller events and violent onslaught connected the shrine of “Shahcheragh,” which took spot successful the confederate metropolis of Shiraz connected Wednesday.

Also, successful Sanandaj, gunshots tin beryllium heard successful a video posted by Kurdish rights radical Hengaw, said to beryllium recorded adjacent the University of Kurdistan.

Activist radical 1500 Tasvir besides posted a video showing information forces extracurricular different acquisition installation successful the province, the Sanandaj Technical College for Girls connected Sunday.

Iran Human Right (IHRNGO), an NGO based successful Norway, condemned “the encroachment of assemblage campuses by equipped plainclothes forces and the convulsive crackdown connected peaceful pupil protests,” successful a connection Sunday.

“With the continuation of nationwide protests, Islamic Republic equipped plainclothes forces person entered assemblage campuses to violently crush and apprehension protesting students,” IHRNGO said.

IHRNGO Director and University of Oslo Professor, Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam, called connected “universities and world institutions astir the satellite to enactment pupil demands and condemn the outrageous usurpation of assemblage campuses by Islamic Republic forces.”

On Saturday the caput of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Hossein Salami called connected Iranian young radical specifically to desist from protesting.

“Today is the past time of the riots. Do not travel to the streets again. What bash you privation from this nation?” Salami said.