But also weird to say that the tens of thousands of student protestors are actually violent because totally different people in a different part of the country

But also weird to say that the tens of thousands of student protestors are actually violent because totally different people in a different part of the country are armed. Two things that can both be true: the Iranian regime is fundamentalist and authoritarian and massively abusive to its people, and also western countries are continuing their long history of meddling and funding separatist and terrorist groups with the goal of regime change and establishing a client state (because that worked out so well with the Shah).