
The Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, said on Saturday that the state's students will not allow "the enemy's false dreams to become reality".
He made these statements as protests in Iran - following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini - entered their fourth week.
Amini, a young Kurdish woman, died on September 16, after being arrested by the Moral Police, in Tehran, under suspicion that she did not properly place the veil on her head.
Clashes between police and protesters have resulted in several deaths.
"The enemy has believed that he can fulfill his wishes in the universities, not knowing that our students and professors are aware of the situation and will not allow the enemy's false dreams to come true," Raisi said, according to a statement. issued by the Iranian Presidency.
Raisi made these statements after participating in a ceremony for the start of the new academic year at Al-Zahra University in Tehran.
This university is only for women and was founded in 1964.
Academics "will surely defeat the enemy in the field of science, as well as in other fields", he said.
Days ago, the Fars news agency reported that the students of Al-Zahra University gathered as a sign of protest to support Amin.
In-person lectures have been suspended since Monday at Tehran's Sharif University, after violent clashes in the premises of this institution between protesters and security forces.