{"id":677,"date":"2022-10-03T09:10:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T09:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2022-10-03T09:10:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T09:10:53","slug":"iran-protests-classes-suspended-after-clashes-at-major-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/03\/iran-protests-classes-suspended-after-clashes-at-major-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran protests: Classes suspended after clashes at major university"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Classes were suspended and moved online Monday at Iran\u2019s leading technology university in Tehran after clashes erupted overnight between students and security forces, local media said.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-2859306648\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSharif University of Technology announced that due to recent events and the need to protect students &#8230; all classes will be held virtually from Monday,\u201d Mehr news agency reported, amid nationwide protests over the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in custody.<\/p>\n<p>About 200 students had gathered since Sunday afternoon at the university and chanted slogans against Iran\u2019s clerical authorities, Mehr said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoman, life, liberty,\u201d they shouted, as well as \u201cstudents prefer death to humiliation,\u201d the news agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces fired tear gas and paintballs at the students, Mehr said, adding that the security forces were carrying weapons that fire non-lethal steel pellets, outside the university\u2019s north gate.<\/p>\n<p>The science minister later arrived at the campus to speak with the students in a bid to calm the situation, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations have entered their third week since 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Amini died following her arrest by the morality police for allegedly breaching the country\u2019s strict dress code for women.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of protesters have been killed and more than a thousand arrested during the wave of protests. 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