This is totally incorrect. Student basij is actually consists of students, and the clash was mostly between the students.
The shooting claim is also completely false. Some of the students were arrested because of rioting.
+I can start posting letters of professors demanding release of abducted -- "arrested" implies a sort of civilized police behavior, which is not applicable here -- students.
> Some of the students were arrested because of rioting.
Save it for the trials. In fact, if I were a beneficiary of "Islamic Republic" I would pray that there will be trials.
You guys will reap the whirlwind. Mark my words.
To give benefit of the doubt, one may attend one of the social science universities focused on religious studies, where basij is more representative or actually is, and extend this to sharif. But those universities are not representative of all universities, even assuming they don’t have alternative criteria for admission. I am not sure but I think they do.
It’s far easier to communicate to conservatives and seculars and everyone really that this disturbance is backed by foreign states (as it is their official public policy), than to make an inaccurate claim that alienates one’s cause, whatever that is. If religion to protect one’s country, could be reason to be moderate.