10:55 GMT
Sarah Jalali, Ghoncheh Habibiazad and Shayan Sardarizadeh
BBC Monitoring, BBC Persian and BBC Verify
Verified video shows student-led protests in Iran have taken place at least 13 universities since Saturday, after footage emerged yesterday of demonstrations at several new major institutions.
Among them is Sajjad University of Technology in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city. One video shows a group of students at the university’s main courtyard chanting against the paramilitary volunteer Basij force, part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) branch of Iran’s military, whose members have been clashing with student protesters this week.
Footage filmed at the Shandiz Institute of Higher Education, also in Mashhad, shows students holding a gathering near the university’s main building.
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Pro and anti-government students held rallies at Tehran’s Khajeh Nasir University on Tuesday
We’ve also confirmed several videos from Khajeh Nasir University in the capital Tehran. In one clip, pro and anti-government protesters can be seen in front of the school of mechanical engineering.
Anti-government students are heard chanting “long live the Shah”, while pro-government students wave the flag of the Islamic Republic.
Science minister Hossein Simaei-Sarraf said in a video published by Iranian media yesterday that he would not tolerate any instances of “rioting” at universities.
We will continue to monitor the latest from Iran today and verify new footage of the ongoing protests.