Iranian Universities Rocked by Protests as Armed Forces Deploy, Nuclear Talks Loom

• Plainclothes police and armed security personnel deployed across Iranian universities to quell student protests against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
• Clashes reported on multiple campuses, including Tehran’s University of Science and Technology, with videos showing scuffles between students and Basij militia.
• Students barred from entry, in-person classes closed, and 80% of universities operating online, a move critics say aims to curb dissent.
• Students chanted slogans like “We fight, we die, we take back Iran” and “Political prisoners must be freed,” directly criticizing the leadership.
• The unrest casts a shadow over nuclear talks in Geneva, with Iran’s attorney general calling for decisive action against demonstrators.