Estudiantes de la Universidad Allameh Tabataba’i de Teherán, la principal institución pública de ciencias sociales de Irán, iniciaron este lunes una serie de manifestaciones en el campus central para protestar contra el fuerte incremento en las tarifas de matrícula, el deterioro de las condiciones de vida en las residencias universitarias y la persistente imposición del código de vestimenta obligatorio, según informes y material audiovisual difundidos por organizaciones estudiantiles y medios de la oposición iraní en el exilio.

Las imágenes compartidas por la red opositora Iran International, el boletín estudiantil Amirkabir y activistas en las redes sociales muestran a grupos de jóvenes concentrados en las instalaciones académicas mientras gritan consignas políticas. En una de las grabaciones atribuidas a la jornada, se escucha a los manifestantes corear: “Hasta que el clérigo no sea amortajado, esta patria no será una patria”, un lema clásico del activismo universitario dirigido de forma directa contra la cúpula teocrática gobernante.

El boletín estudiantil Amirkabir registró otras consignas coreadas durante la protesta, entre ellas “Costos elevados, inflación, un flagelo para la vida de las personas” y “Trabajo, desempleo, hiyab obligatorio para las mujeres”, que vincularon de manera explícita el reclamo académico con la crisis económica general del país.

Según el mismo boletín, integrantes de la milicia paramilitar Basij se presentaron en el lugar de la manifestación y, bajo la excusa de entablar un diálogo con los estudiantes, intentaron disolver la concentración con amenazas.

Los manifestantes respondieron con el cántico “No queremos diálogo, no lo queremos” y exigieron además la liberación de compañeros detenidos con la frase “El estudiante encarcelado debe ser liberado”.

Un centro histórico de disidencia bajo presión

La Universidad Allameh Tabataba’i, considerada la principal institución pública de ciencias sociales de Irán, posee un extenso historial de politización y resistencia. El campus se consolidó como uno de los epicentros del movimiento de protesta desencadenado a finales de 2022 tras la muerte de Mahsa Amini bajo custodia de la policía de la moral.

Desde aquel estallido, la administración de la universidad y los comités de seguridad estatal han reforzado las represalias internas. Reportes de grupos de derechos humanos indican que decenas de alumnos han sufrido expulsiones, suspensiones académicas y la prohibición de ingreso a los dormitorios, además del despliegue recurrente de miembros de la milicia paramilitar Basij para intimidar las concentraciones, tal como ocurrió este lunes.

Los estudiantes también responsabilizaron de forma directa a las autoridades académicas con la consigna “Rector de la universidad, responsable y rinda cuentas”, y cerraron la jornada con un mensaje de continuidad: “No piensen en un solo día, nuestra decisión es de todos los días”.

Inflación, sanciones y el trasfondo de la tensión regional

La reactivación de los reclamos estudiantiles se produce en un momento crítico para la economía iraní, donde el impacto de las sanciones financieras internacionales se ha agudizado tras la escalada bélica en Medio Oriente y las trabas a las exportaciones petroleras.

Estas restricciones asfixiaron a un sistema productivo ya fragilizado y aceleraron la devaluación del rial. Según cifras del Banco Central de Irán, la inflación interanual alcanzó un máximo histórico de 88,6% en junio de 2026, el nivel más alto desde 1942, y se mantuvo en 87,9% en julio, más del doble del 40% registrado a fines de 2025, cuando estalló la crisis del Gran Bazar.

El alto costo de vida, que los propios manifestantes describieron este lunes como “un flagelo para la vida de las personas”, se convirtió en el eje que atraviesa tanto los reclamos universitarios como el descontento social a nivel nacional.

La pérdida del poder adquisitivo y el ahogo económico no son fenómenos aislados, sino el detonante recurrente de las mayores olas de inestabilidad social en el país. A finales de diciembre de 2025, el colapso de la moneda provocó un paro comercial e intensas manifestaciones que iniciaron comerciantes en el Gran Bazar de Teherán. Aunque comenzaron con reclamos estrictamente económicos, las movilizaciones se extendieron con rapidez a más de cien ciudades y escalaron hacia consignas políticas abiertas contra la cúpula teocrática. Al igual que en las protestas de 2017, 2019 y el movimiento “Mujer, Vida, Libertad” de 2022, las fuerzas del régimen respondieron con una represión masiva. Informes de organizaciones de derechos humanos y agencias internacionales documentaron el uso de munición real, detenciones arbitrarias que HRANA cifró en más de 42.000, y apagones totales de internet para encubrir la violencia estatal, que dejó un saldo de víctimas cuyas estimaciones oscilan entre los 3.117 muertos reconocidos por el gobierno iraní y los más de 30.000 reportados por organizaciones de DDHH.

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The Trump administration’s recent effort to bring the law down on Rep. Ilhan Omar could go as far as seeking to strip the Minnesota congresswoman of her citizenship for alleged immigration fraud. But a criminal investigation is unlikely to yield results the president wants, according to a former federal prosecutor.

Michael Wildes, an immigration attorney, told Digital that investigators face a «very high bar» to build a case against Omar after White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is conducting a «criminal» investigation against the progressive squad member.

It all stems from claims that Omar married her brother to gain U.S. citizenship, which she has repeatedly denied.

President Donald Trump has a longstanding feud with Omar going back to when she was first elected in the middle of his first term, and quickly became one of his most vocal critics in Congress. Trump has repeatedly called for Omar to be sent back to Somalia because of her alleged fraudulent activity.

The Trump administration continues to ramp up efforts to denaturalize and deport individuals accused of immigration fraud. And Vice President JD Vance claimed earlier this year that the Department of Justice is investigating Omar for alleged fraud and immigration violations.

But questions remain over what a potential prosecution and denaturalization case against the Somali-born lawmaker would require.

Wildes said that investigators would need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Omar knowingly entered her marriage — to a man critics allege is her brother — for the sole purpose of evading U.S. immigration laws.

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«In order to establish a successful marriage fraud case, the government would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt… that the defendant knowingly entered into a marriage with the primary purpose to evade immigration laws and get a benefit,» Wildes said.

Wildes noted that even if Omar and her husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, decided after getting married that their partnership could be a scheme for Elmi to fast pass America’s immigration process, this would not be considered marriage fraud in court.

He continued, «Those are very high bars and thresholds that they would have to surmount. The immigration benefit cannot be a byproduct, or secondary consideration. This is not deemed to be illegal.»

If evidence was presented to prove Omar and Elmi committed marriage fraud, the Minnesota Democrat could face up to five years in jail, a maximum fine of $250,000, or both.

Wildes also pointed out that there are statutes of limitation that could hinder a potential prosecution and make it more difficult to prosecute Omar for marriage fraud, as that marriage was in 2009. But there is still a pathway for Omar to be denaturalized, which Homan described as a «very serious process» while discussing the investigation into the congresswoman.

«The question is: Do they have it factually, and is it the right thing to do?» Wildes said.

«The question is whether or not inadvertences were made not purposefully and whether or not it’s over the top to then denaturalize somebody,» he said. «We’re talking about taking away a benefit and then banishing them from the United States.»

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For Omar to be denaturalized, the process would have to be related to allegations that she falsified information when obtaining her own citizenship in 2000. Omar claims she was granted automatic citizenship because she was a minor when her father was naturalized.

Congressional records state Omar became a citizen at age 17, but speculation that she was older at the time of her naturalization began after former Minnesota congressional candidate AJ Kern accused Omar’s birth year of being revised on the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library website.

This caused allegations to circulate on social media that she was not a minor at the time, which if ever proven true, could lead to her denaturalization. Even if her father lied in his citizenship paperwork, this could also potentially lead to Omar being stripped of her citizenship.

Wildes also explained that the government makes a «case-by-case» decision when it comes to pursuing denaturalization cases. He also pointed out the relevancy of an intentional lie as opposed to a mistake.

«If the government were to prosecute for document fraud, we would also want to know whether or not she was represented by counsel, and if there were simple mistakes on her application or inadvertences that may be deemed to be fraudulent,» Wildes said.

«Whether or not [these] things are truthful, hypothesized, or can be backed up in fact, will play heavily in that prosecution.»

Homan didn’t answer whether the federal government has evidence that Omar committed either marriage or immigration fraud, while also declining to go into detail into what particularly DHS is investigating Omar for.

Omar told Digital just last week that she has not been contacted by DHS or made aware of any ongoing investigation into her marriage or immigration status, saying she isn’t worried about it because «the right wing always had this s — going.»

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But Wildes said her being unaware that she is being investigated is not unusual and doesn’t invalidate Homan’s confirmation of a «criminal» investigation against her.

«The Congresswoman’s not being aware doesn’t change anything,» Wildes said. «There is no obligation for the government to show their hand and they’re going to want to make sure that they have a good prosecution and they don’t give anything up in the interim because of the politics that this presents as well.»

«I haven’t seen anything that I think is worthy of a prosecution,» Wildes said. «This is a member of Congress. It may not be your politics, but we have to also make sure that we engage in prosecutions properly and not frivolously. «

Neither Omar nor DHS responded to requests for comment.

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At least 40 people were rescued in open waters by the U.S. Coast Guard and two people died after their boat capsized several miles from a tiny, uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico following a fight that involved a machete, officials said on Monday.

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Survivors said there was an estimated 60 people aboard, according to the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard said the makeshift boat capsized late Sunday after a fight in which some people were severely injured by a machete, forcing the group to jump into the water despite not wearing life vests.

Survivors had spent more than 12 hours in the water when someone on a boat passing near Mona Island noticed them at around noon on Monday.

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CBP, COAST GUARD INTERCEPT MIGRANT VESSEL HEADING FOR PUERTO RICO; 40 APPREHENDED INCLUDING UZBEK NATIONAL

People sitting on and gathered in the water besides a capsized vessel off Mona Island, Puerto Rico, on September 28, 2026. (U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan/Handout via REUTERS)

The person alerted authorities and helped rescue four people at that moment.

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Rescue efforts were still ongoing as of Monday evening.

The Coast Guard said it was not immediately known where the people who were on the capsized boat were from.

Migrants fleeing poverty and violence have long traveled from Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, to Puerto Rico and other islands, moving through the Mona Passage.

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The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responding to the capsized vessel off Mona Island, Puerto Rico, on September 28, 2026. (U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan/Handout via REUTERS)

Many of these migrants navigate the passage on makeshift boats that can capsize in treacherous waters.

This incident marked only the latest deadly voyage.

In June 2022, 11 Haitian women and girls were buried in Puerto Rico after their grossly overloaded boat capsized in open waters northwest of the U.S. territory.

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COAST GUARD OPENS FIRE ON BOAT SMUGGLING 25 CHINESE NATIONALS NEAR FLORIDA AFTER IT REFUSED TO STOP

Survivors said there was an estimated 60 people aboard. (iStock)

Last week, police in the Turks and Caicos Islands detained a makeshift vessel carrying 60 Haitian migrants.

In June, 240 Haitian migrants were detained near the the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Gang violence has displaced a record 1.5 million people across Haiti, where more than 3,000 people were reportedly killed between January and June, according to U.N. data.

Armed men control an estimated 70% of Port-au-Prince and portions of land in Haiti’s central region and beyond.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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