Iran has accused the United States and Israel of intentionally attacking its academic institutions, citing strikes on universities like Isfahan University of Technology and Tehran University of Science and Technology as part of a broader scheme to undermine the country’s scientific and cultural roots.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, dismissed assertions linking the attacks to nuclear issues, asserting that they were a smokescreen for broader aggression. Baqaei highlighted that universities and research centers in Iran have been systematically targeted by aggressors over the past month.
Alleging a deliberate campaign against Iran’s intellectual and cultural assets, Baqaei emphasized that the true aim of the American-Israeli aggression is to weaken Iran’s scientific and cultural heritage by attacking universities, research centers, historical sites, and prominent scholars.
In response to these accusations, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a stern warning, indicating that universities associated with the US and Israel in the West Asian region could be considered legitimate targets in retaliation for the alleged attacks on Iranian institutions.
The IRGC, in a statement aired by the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Telegram, condemned recent incidents, including what it described as an assault on the University of Science and Technology in Tehran. The statement cautioned that institutions linked to the US and Israel in West Asia might face retaliatory measures if specific conditions are not met.
