How Iran's universities became a target of US-Israeli attacks

How Iran's universities became a target of US-Israeli attacks Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Fri, 04/10/2026 - 09:26 Some 30 universities came under fire in what Iranian academics and students say is an attempt to erase sovereignty and technological autonomy Iran's science minister Hossein Simaee Sarraf inspects the damage at Shahid Beheshti University amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, in Tehran, 4 April 2026 (Majid Asgaripour/WANA) Off On 6 April, a blast ripped through Iran 's top engineering university. No casualties were reported, but multiple buildings - notably those housing an artificial intelligence centre - were damaged. Often likened to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US , Sharif University of Technology is decades old.