The deployments follow student protests at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran on Monday, where demonstrators confronted Basij and security forces on campus. Protesters chanted against compulsory hijab laws and political repression, while citing grievances over high unemployment, rising costs and poor dormitory conditions.
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Armored transports and armed personnel are now stationed at both girls' and boys' schools in Tabriz, Tehran and Eslamshahr. Forces linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have conducted drill-style programs and propaganda events at these locations, indicating a heightened security presence across the educational sector.
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