Recordings of the hacktivist intervention in the 8 October state TV news broadcast were spread widely online on 9 October.[134] Schoolchildren were arrested inside school by security forces and put inside vans without license plates according to social media reports from inside the country.[135] All schools and higher education institutions were also closed in Iran's Kurdish regions, signifying the government's concern about the ongoing dissent according to The Guardian.[135] Protests continued in dozens of cities across the country.[135][136] Hundreds of high-school girls and university students participated, and were met with teargas and many cases of live ammunition by security forces according to rights groups.[135] The Iranian government denied using live rounds.[135]