Students across several Iranian universities chant against the regime, calling for freedom and declaring that force will not silence them.
Iranian university students staged anti-regime protests in footage aired on February 22–23, 2026, showing coordinated demonstrations across multiple campuses in Tehran.
At Sharif University, students repeatedly chanted “Freedom, freedom, freedom!” and raised the pre-Islamic Iranian flag while shouting “Noble!” and “Freedom!” At AmirKabir University, protesters chanted: “Death to the three corrupt ones: The Mullahs, leftists, Mujahid (MEK).”
At the University of Art in Tehran, students declared: “Cannons, tanks, and machine guns are no longer effective,” signaling defiance against state repression. At Tehran University, protesters shouted “Shame!” while at Alzahra University students chanted: “Death to the Islamic Republic,” “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, my life is devoted to Iran,” and “We will take back Iran!”