Students across Iran have issued powerful statements rejecting monarchist propaganda and false claims that they support Pahlavi. From Tehran and Sharif to Kharazmi and Beheshti, they have made it clear: they rose up against dictatorship \u2014 not to replace one with another. Universities remain a stronghold of the revolution, standing against both religious and hereditary rule.<\/p>\n
Students across Iran reject monarchist propaganda and false claims of support for Pahlavi<\/strong><\/p>\n Universities declare: \u201cWe rose against dictatorship \u2014 not to restore it\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Students at multiple universities across Iran have issued statements firmly rejecting coordinated online propaganda claiming that Iranian students support Reza Pahlavi or the restoration of monarchy.<\/p>\n Universities are a central stronghold of the freedom movement and revolution. During the January uprising, students played a visible role under the banner of Woman, Life, Freedom<\/em>. Today they remain a key force in society\u2019s justice-seeking struggle against the regime\u2019s mass killings.<\/p>\n In recent days, engineered social media content has falsely portrayed students as backing monarchist leadership projects. In response, students from the following universities have publicly rejected these claims:<\/p>\n Selected statements from universities<\/strong><\/p>\n University of Tehran:<\/strong> Sharif University of Technology:<\/strong> Kharazmi University:<\/strong> University of Gilan:<\/strong> Islamic Azad University \u2013 Central Tehran:<\/strong> Bu-Ali Sina University (Hamedan):<\/strong> Shahid Beheshti University:<\/strong> Universities across Iran continue to position themselves as centres of freedom-seeking struggle, rejecting both the Islamic Republic and any attempt to repackage authoritarian rule under a different name.<\/p>\n Worker-communist Party of Iran<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
\nStudents stated that the university has historically stood in opposition to repression, recalling the 16 Azar student uprising during the Shah\u2019s rule. They described claims of support for hereditary power as a distortion of the student movement\u2019s history and stressed that Iran\u2019s universities have always stood against both religious and monarchical dictatorship.<\/p>\n
\nStudents wrote that calls for \u201cunity\u201d under monarchist leadership amount to silencing other voices and attempting to appropriate a people\u2019s revolution in the name of one individual. They declared that Sharif University \u201cwill not be deceived by the mirage of past dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe did not rise up against the Supreme Leader to replace him with a Crown Prince. The era of idol-making and personality worship is over.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nStudents condemned all forms of fascistic tendencies and rejected politics that divide society into \u201cloyal\u201d and \u201ctraitor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe are citizens, not subjects \u2014 neither subjects of the Supreme Leader nor subjects of a Shah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nStudents rejected replacing religious dictatorship with individualist dictatorship, stating they came to the streets \u201cfor the people, not to restore a throne.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nStudents warned against attempts to appropriate the student movement for specific political projects and described such efforts as a diversion from a struggle that must lead to freedom.<\/p>\n
\n11 February 2026<\/p>\n