Iran protests reignite at universities in Tehran, Mashhad amid tensions

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Tensions flared Sunday throughout Iran as anti-government protests reignited at main universities and within the streets of Tehran, with reviews of tear fuel and photographs fired within the capital.

College students gathered in Tehran and the northeastern metropolis of Mashhad to mark 40-day memorials for these killed throughout January’s nationwide anti-government demonstrations earlier than violence broke out.

Ali Safavi, a member of Iran’s Parliament-in-Exile, the Nationwide Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), informed Fox Information Digital anti-government protests on the College of Tehran featured chants similar to, "That is the yr of blood," and famous that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot at protesters at one other location within the metropolis.

"At Khajeh Nasir College in Tehran, college students trampled on Khamenei’s image, whereas comparable acts occurred at Ferdowsi and Sajjad universities," Safavi mentioned.

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Scholar protesters in Iran conflict with authorities. (Simay Azadi/Iranntv.com)

"College students had been shouting ‘dying to the oppressor, whether or not the Shah or the Chief,’ whereas in Tehran’s Vali Asr Avenue forces fired on the crowds, which had been largely younger folks," he added.

Safavi additionally claimed that two motorbike models composed of women and men affiliated with resistance teams paraded by components of Tehran carrying flags of the Nationwide Liberation Military (NLA), the armed wing related to the NCRI.

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Buses that had been burned throughout Iran's protests, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 21, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia Information Company) through Reuters)

In a press release circulated on-line, college college students additionally condemned what they described as renewed makes an attempt by authorities to suppress dissent.

"As soon as once more we see that the contaminated fingers of monopolists search to show this sacred house right into a playground for reactionary forces," the assertion learn. "We who've tasted the bitter expertise of repression settle for no type of dictatorship, whether or not with a turban or with boots," it mentioned.

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Demonstrators burn photos of Iran's Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outdoors the Iranian embassy throughout a rally in assist of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Jan. 12, 2026. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

Iran's state TV confirmed movies of what it mentioned had been folks "pretending to be college students" attacking pro-government college students in Tehran who had been participating in protests to sentence January's protests.

The people had been allegedly injuring college students by throwing rocks, Reuters reported.

Some witness accounts and opposition teams described a extra forceful response by authorities.

Safety forces reportedly fired tear fuel at crowds of demonstrators, a lot of them younger folks.

At different areas, the protesters additionally confronted teams of pro-regime demonstrators.

Stories from opposition sources indicated that photographs had been additionally fired as safety models tried to disperse gatherings that had spilled past campus grounds into surrounding streets.

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Nighttime mobilizations additionally continued for a second time, with large-scale protests reported throughout a number of campuses.

The clashes marked probably the most seen shows of unrest since January’s crackdown and got here as Iran faces a possible army strike by the U.S. and amid ongoing talks to barter over Iran’s nuclear program.

Emma Bussey is a breaking information author for Fox Information Digital. Earlier than becoming a member of Fox, she labored at The Telegraph with the U.S. in a single day crew, throughout desks together with overseas, politics, information, sport and tradition.