Protesters defy crackdown at universities across Iran

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Online videos showed students protesting on Tuesday at Beheshti University and the Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology, both in Tehran, as well as Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, in Khuzestan province.
38% :Wednesday marks 40 days since Amini's death and the end of the traditional mourning period in Iran.
38% : The fresh demonstrations came after activists accused security forces of beating schoolgirls at the Shahid Sadr girls vocational school in Tehran on Monday.
35% : The 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin died three days after being taken into custody by the notorious morality police on 13 September while visiting Tehran with her younger brother.
32% : Tension mounts as ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death expected to take place on WednesdayStudents have protested at universities across Iran, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death.
31% : "Students of the Sadr high school in Tehran have been attacked, strip-searched and beaten up," said the 1500tasvir social media channel.

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