On February 24, 2026, the student-led uprising across Iranian universities entered its fourth consecutive day. Despite heavy militarization and violent suppression tactics by the state, major academic institutions in Tehran—including Tehran University, Beheshti (Melli), Sharif, Khajeh Nasir, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), and Science and Culture—remained active sites of protest. The demonstrations also expanded beyond the capital, with students at Isfahan University of Technology, as well as Sajjad and Shandiz universities in Mashhad, holding anti-regime rallies.

Direct Confrontation and Student Defiance

The regime’s response to the renewed campus unrest has been marked by physical violence and heightened surveillance, which students have met with direct resistance. At Khajeh Nasir University in Tehran, security forces assaulted students at their dormitories in an attempt to disperse their gathering, but the students fought back and maintained their rally. At Isfahan University of Technology, the........

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