On Sept. 28, Allameh Tabataba’i students protested fees, campus security, compulsory hijab, and jailed students under the slogan “Neither barracks nor business enterprise”; Beheshti and Sharif presidents had already warned campuses could be stirred.

The piece says campuses joined the late-December 2025 uprising, returned in February with anti-regime chants after dorm evacuations and online exams, and protested education policy in more than 20 cities in June.

State-linked Shargh is cited on expulsions and suspensions at Sharif and large disciplinary files at Tehran and Iran University of Science and Technology; the author reads reopening as a risk that campus grievances again feed wider unrest.

As Iran’s universities begin a new academic year, student protests are once again emerging as a source of concern for authorities.

On September 28, students at Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehran protested rising educational costs, restrictions imposed by university security—particularly against female students—and the growing security presence on campus. Their demands also addressed compulsory hijab and imprisoned students. The slogan “Neither barracks nor business enterprise; long live the university” brought together opposition to both securitization and commercialization of the campus.

The protest came as senior university officials were publicly warning about renewed unrest. Mahmoud-Reza Aghamiri, president of Beheshti University, described university-age students as particularly susceptible to political influence. Masoud Tajrishi, president of Sharif University, warned that forces outside........

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