Clashes erupted at a prestigious Iranian university Sunday after female students entered the men's dining hall without wearing their compulsory hijabs, local media reported.
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Classes at Tehran's Sharif University of Technology were suspended and moved online earlier this month following clashes between protesting students and security forces. The country has seen nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was killed while in custody of Iran's so-called morality policy, who had found fault with her hijab.
Tasnim news agency reported that when classes resumed on Saturday, "a number of female students entered the men's dining hall after removing their hijab," breaching Iran's rules on gender segregation in some public spaces and mandatory headscarves for women.
On Sunday, a group of students "held a rally... protesting against the insults and desecration that had occurred at the university," Tasnim said.
Waving the Iranian flag, the students called on the university's administration "to deal with lawlessness and violation of norms" on its campus, the report added.
A separate group of students "chanted vulgar slogans, broke the door and windows of the dining hall and threw them towards the students inside," Tasnim said, adding that "some students and university security personnel" were injured.
The news agency published a video purportedly showing students kicking the door as others were blocking it from inside the dining hall.
Violent protests across Iran have led to dozens of deaths, both among demonstrators and security forces, and hundreds of protesters have been arrested.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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