American University of Beirut moves online after Iran warns of retaliation over strikes on its universities

American University of Beirut moves online after Iran warns of retaliation over strikes on its universities The American University of Beirut will shift to remote operations for two days after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened US universities across the region. “Like many of you, we learned early this morning of threats issued against American universities in the region,” President Fadlo Khuri said in a statement. “At this time, we have no evidence of direct threats against our university, its campuses or medical centres.