Today, Saturday, demonstrations against the authorities were renewed in many Iranian universities against the backdrop of the unrest in Zahedan and the Shiraz attack, while other student demonstrations took place in support of the Tehran government, and the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Major General Hossein Salami, issued a warning to the protesters, calling on them to avoid going out to the streets.
Student associations in Iranian universities said that the Faculty of Engineering at Tehran University witnessed a gathering of students in which they declared their solidarity with the victims of the unrest in Zahedan on Friday and the Shiraz attack last Wednesday.
The demonstrators raised slogans accusing the Iranian government of being behind the Shiraz attack, and also demanded the release of detained students.
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Similar protest rallies were held at Khaja Nasir University of Technology, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Science and Investigation, University of Science and Culture, University of Architecture and Art, Allameh Tabatabai University, and University of Science and Industry in Tehran.
support demonstrations
On the other hand, the Iranian news agency reported that students, professors and employees of a number of universities in Tehran gathered in support of the Iranian government and condemned the Shiraz attack. It wounded 19 others, and was claimed by the Islamic State.
Government supporters at Amir Kabir University of Technology, Beheshti University, University of Science and Industry, and Sharif University of Technology raised slogans condemning student protests in Iranian universities, and raised slogans condemning those they described as rioters.
Earlier today, the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards warned the protesters in Iran not to take to the streets, and said that today is the last day of the riots. Major General Hossein Salami issued a warning to the United States, Britain, Israel and Saudi Arabia against the backdrop of the events in his country, and said that Iran would take revenge.
The commander of the Revolutionary Guards added that the riots are a conspiracy being coordinated by the enemy's media, as he put it.
start the trial
The judiciary in Iran said that the judiciary began today, Saturday, the trial of 5 detainees in Tehran facing charges that may carry the death penalty, against the backdrop of protests that have been taking place in the country for weeks, following the death of the girl, Mahsa Amini, last month, days after she was detained by the so-called morality police. It led to the outbreak of protests in the country since September 16 last.
The website "Mizan Online" affiliated with the Iranian judiciary stated that "the first hearing for a number of defendants in the recent riots began in the morning in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, headed by Judge Abul-Qasim Salouti."
Among the accused is Muhammad Qabadlo, who is being tried for “corrupting the land” for “attacking police officers with a car, and the attack resulted in the death of an officer and the injury of 5 others.” Saeed Shirazi was also charged with a similar charge for “inciting the people to commit crimes,” and Saman Sidi and Muhammad Brugni and Mohsen Rezazadeh are charged with "enmity of war", a charge that can carry a death sentence under Iranian law.
The judiciary had announced the indictment of more than a thousand people across the country in cases related to the protests that followed the death of the girl, Mahsa Amini.