Overview
- The foreign students wing of the All India Medical Students Association has written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar seeking dedicated helplines, advisories and contingency or evacuation plans.
- The Indian Embassy in Tehran has asked students to stay in dormitories, and students report postponed exams, cancelled classes and restricted movement on campus and in cities.
- IRNA reported at least nine deaths and 44 arrests linked to nationwide protests, while Fars and rights group Hengaw cited fatalities in Lordegan, Azna and Kouhdasht.
- The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for urgent intervention, noting many of the affected medical students are from the Kashmir Valley.
- International tensions rose after US President Donald Trump warned Tehran over any crackdown and Iran’s UN envoy demanded condemnation of what he called unlawful threats.