Coverage Of Nationwide Protests In Iran On October 1

Iran's regime faces a multi-flank attack today, with student protests turning into general unrest, and rallies taking place in 150 cities around the world.

Protests and strikes at around 100 universities Saturday morning turned into street demonstrations as students left the campuses and moved into streets.

Universities were scenes of strikes, as classes resumed on the first day of the week. Students entered campuses but refused to attend lectures. Instead, they began protesting. By early afternoon they began moving into streets and ordinary people joined them, in waht appears to be general unrest in the capital Tehran and other cities.

Crowds outside university gates were present to support the students since the morning but their numbers grew in the afternoon, as videos from the capital showed.

Saturday was the first day in the two-week-old antigovernment movement when large numbers of protesters came into the streets during the day, instead of the usual evening and night hours. This shows a higher degree of defiance and self-confidence by the people.

A general strike also commenced in Kurdish towns and cities in the west of the country and more street demonstrations are expected throughout the day and especially in the evening.