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Iran has officially picked its broadside amid anti-Israeli protests that person erupted crossed elite U.S. colleges and universities.
As hundreds of students person been arrested astatine Columbia University, nan University of Southern California, MIT, UT-Austin and others aft disrupting field accommodation and trespassing, Iran is throwing its support down nan protesters.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expressed support for those speaking sick of Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He besides said nan rule enforcement consequence to nan ongoing protests, and consequent wide arrests, has them "deeply worried and disgusted."
"The suppression and harsh curen of nan American constabulary and information forces against professors and students protesting nan genocide and warfare crimes of nan Israeli authorities successful various universities of this state is profoundly worried and disgusted by nan nationalist sentiment of nan world," nan overseas curate said connected X, according to a translation. "This repression is successful statement pinch nan continuation of Washington's full-fledged support for nan Israeli authorities and intelligibly shows nan dual argumentation and contradictory behaviour of nan American authorities towards state of expression."
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Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian briefs nan property astatine his office successful Tehran connected April 14, 2024. Iran connected April 14 urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented onslaught overnight, which Tehran presented arsenic a justified consequence to a deadly onslaught connected its consulate building successful Damascus. (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
The students are urging their respective schools to trim ties pinch Israel and are calling for a ceasefire successful Israel’s warfare pinch Hamas successful Gaza, which has resulted successful tens of thousands of deaths of Palestinian lives.
Their protests person included antisemitic slogans and chants and moreover unit successful immoderate cases.
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The Iranian overseas curate applauded nan protesters and echoed their petition for nan Biden management to cease its support of Israel.
"The White House must instantly extremity supporting nan Israeli regime's warfare crimes and beryllium held accountable," Amir-Abdollahian said.
University of Southern California protesters push and shove University Public Safety officers arsenic tempers get heated during an anti-Israel business connected nan University of Southern California field connected Wednesday, April 24, 2024 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Iran’s support for nan anti-Israel activity comes arsenic hundreds of students proceed to defy schoolhouse administrators and section rule enforcement orders to disperse and person been subsequently arrested.
At Emerson College successful Boston, 108 group were arrested and 4 constabulary officers suffered injuries that were not life-threatening astatine an encampment, Boston constabulary said Thursday.
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At nan University of Southern California, officers arrested different 93 group during a protestation Wednesday night, nan Los Angeles Police Department said.
Tents are erected astatine nan anti-Israel objection encampment astatine Columbia University successful New York City connected Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Officers astatine nan University of Texas astatine Austin arrested 34 group astatine nan behest of nan assemblage and Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott, according to nan authorities Department of Public Safety.
At New York University this week, constabulary said 133 protesters were taken into custody, while much than 40 protesters were arrested Monday astatine an encampment astatine Yale University.
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At Columbia University successful New York, officers arrested much than 100 group aft students defiantly erected an encampment. Columbia is considered nan epicenter of nan existent anti-Israeli assemblage demonstrations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
