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Royal Holloway Investigates Pro-Palestine Activists' Jihad Chat

4/15/2026

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Pro-Palestine activists at Royal Holloway, University of London, discussed jihad in a group chat amid the Iran conflict, expressing support for Iran's regime.
Evaldas Barstys, a Jewish student at Royal Holloway, University of London, says he felt intimidated by these discussions, noting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is a globally proscribed terror group.
The university said it would investigate, stressing that extremism and intimidation are unacceptable in academic settings.

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Pro-Palestine activists at Royal Holloway, University of London, discussed jihad in a group chat amid the Iran conflict, expressing support for Iran's regime.
Evaldas Barstys, a Jewish student at Royal Holloway, University of London, says he felt intimidated by these discussions, noting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is a globally proscribed terror group.
The university said it would investigate, stressing that extremism and intimidation are unacceptable in academic settings.