Iran arrests at least five students in Tehran as protests spread

Hengaw – Tuesday, December 30, 2025

As protests by Tehran bazaar merchants entered their third day, and parallel student demonstrations took place in the capital, security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrested at least five university students in Tehran.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the arrested students have been identified as Abolfazl Morvati, a Master’s student in Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology; Mobin Aminiyan, an undergraduate Philosophy student at the University of Tehran; Mani Idi, an undergraduate Chemical Engineering student; Aref Hadi-Nejad, an undergraduate Philosophy student; and Shahin Shokoohi, a PhD candidate in Sociology.
They were detained by security forces on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

Sources report that Abolfazl Morvati was violently arrested in front of the main gate of Sharif University of Technology, in full view of students, and was beaten during the arrest.

During the student protest gathering, a large number of plainclothes agents were stationed at the exits of Sharif University.

Following the recent wave of protests by Tehran bazaar merchants, students at several Tehran universities organized demonstration rallies, where participants chanted slogans including “Death to the Dictator.”