FRESH protests erupted in Iran today, with university students demonstrating around the memorials for the thousands killed in crackdowns at the beginning of the year.

Iran’s state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad. The scattered protests erupted on Saturday at universities following 40-day memorials for people killed in January during anti-government rallies.

The protests come amid escalating tensions between Iran’s theocratic regime and the US.

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