{"id":196354,"date":"2026-02-25T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=196354"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:26:50","slug":"grootschalige-studentenprotesten-op-universiteiten-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/25\/grootschalige-studentenprotesten-op-universiteiten-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Large-scale student protests at universities in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Immediately after the reopening of Iranian universities, large demonstrations took place again in the country. \u201cThe mood has shifted\u201d, says Iran expert Peyman Jafari: \u201cStudents do not want to go back to square one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The protests in Iran began on the streets last December and were then violently suppressed. According to the Iranian-American human rights organisation HRANA, the death toll has risen to more than seven thousand<\/a>. Other sources even speak of more than thirty thousand deaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Saturday, universities in Iran reopened after more than a month. At several universities in Iran, particularly in the capital Tehran, large demonstrations immediately broke out. At Amirkabir University of Technology, Sharif University of Technology and Al-Zahra University, among others, slogans such as: \u201cDown with the dictator.\u201d could be heard. Students wore black clothing as a sign of mourning for the students who had been killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the protests began on the streets at the end of December, demonstrations also immediately took place on campus\u201d, says Peyman Jafari, who himself came to the Netherlands as a refugee from Iran. He is an assistant professor of history and international relations at William & Mary in the United States and is affiliated with the International Institute for Social History in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe authorities immediately shut down the universities and teaching had to take place entirely online. Three days ago, they were allowed to reopen their doors. Students immediately seized this moment to protest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are we seeing a wave of protest particularly at universities?<\/strong>
\u201cThat has to do with a long tradition. It already began in 1953, when students in Tehran protested against the visit of Richard Nixon, then Vice President of the United States, shortly after the coup by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Three students were killed. From that moment on, universities have become a kind of bastion of freedom. Whenever there are demonstrations in the streets, they also take place at universities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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