There was a damning new post on the subject by Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster. Take a look at this excerpt:
In videos circulating on social media, male and female students students on Iranian university campuses are seen eating together, often outside the gender-segregated dining halls that were closed after students tore down the walls dividing men and women.
Eating together in front of the closed cafeterias is considered act of resistance. The videos are an act of protest and solidarity with anti-government demonstrations that have been going on for months in Iran. In many videos, protesters holding placards also draw attention to fellow students who have been arrested.
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