Kochi: Hundreds of students held protests in the campus of the Sharif University of Technology in Iran at the start of a new semester on Saturday, BBC reported.
They chanted “death to the dictator” in an apparent reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – and other anti-government slogans, BBC said.
Iran security forces crushed down fierce protests by students in a deadly manner last month.
A sit-in was held at another university and a rally was reported in the north-east. Students honoured thousands of those killed in mass protests in January.
The US had warned Iran against targeting protesters leading to Iran advising President Trump to keep off from meddling with Tehran’s internal matters.
The US is building up its military presence near Iran even as Trump is considering a limited military strike.
The US and its European allies suspect that Iran is moving towards the development of a nuclear weapon which has been denied by Iran.
US and Iranian officials met in Switzerland to hold talks curbing Iran’s nuclear programme under the mediation of Oman.
Last month’s protests began over economic grievances to become the largest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (Hrana) said it had confirmed the killing of at least 6,159 people during that wave, including 5,804 protesters, 92 children and 214 people affiliated with the government.
Hrana also said it was investigating 17,000 more reported deaths.
Iranian authorities said late last month that more than 3,100 people had been killed – but that the majority were security personnel or bystanders attacked by “rioters”.
Students protest in Iran
