TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – Reacting to the suppression of student protests in the US, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman that the real faces of the claimants of the freedom of speech and human rights have been revealed.The actions of the US government officials in distorting the reality of student and academic anger and protests, calling them anti-Semitic to justify and use violent suppression tools to silence the protests and peaceful gatherings of pro-Palestinian students does not diminish the ugliness of their actions, Nasser Kan'ani wrote on his X account.

He added that a significant part of Jews, including Jewish students have declared their disgust with the hateful crimes of the Zionist regime and the shameful support of the US government.

Kan'ani emphasized that the real faces of the claimants of the freedom of speech and human rights have been revealed.

The US authorities and university board have deployed police and troops to forcibly remove protesters who have set up encampments or staged sit-ins on more than 70 college campuses in 34 states.

The protesters are demanding an end to US military aid to the Israeli regime, as well as urging universities to divest from Israeli companies.

However, the American authorities have responded to these demands with threats and outright violence, including using tactics like deploying snipers, tear-gassing students, and physically assaulting protesters.

In some cases, such as at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), pro-Zionist counter-protesters violently attacked student protesters, with police and campus security doing little to intervene.

Students face severe consequences for peaceful protests, including potential suspensions, evictions, expulsions, and criminal prosecutions.

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