“The American government has practically ignored its human rights obligations and respect for the principles of democracy that they profess,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said.
Tehran “does not at all accept the violent police and military behavior aimed at the academic atmosphere and student demands,” he said.
American universities have been rocked by pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel demonstrations, triggering campus clashes with police and the arrest of some 275 people over the weekend. The protests regularly feature intense anti-Zionist rhetoric, sometimes veering into overt antisemitism, which has led to trepidation among many Jewish and Israeli students.
In Iran, hundreds of people demonstrated in Tehran and other cities on Sunday in solidarity with the US protests. READ MORE
