Back from Iran, Pakistani students say they heard gunshots while confined to campus

Burnt vehicles lie on the road following unrest sparked by dire economic conditions, in a place given as Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2026, in this screengrab from Iran's state media broadcast footage. IRIB via WANA(West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Pakistani ‌students returning from Iran on Thursday said they heard gunshots and stories of rioting and ‌violence while being confined to campus and not allowed out of their dormitories in the ‌evening.

Iran's leadership is trying to quell the worst domestic unrest since its 1979 revolution, with a rights group putting the death toll over 2,600.