IRAN-TEHRAN-UNIVERSITIES-U.S.-ISRAEL-ATTACK-AFTERMATH

(260405) -- TEHRAN, April 5, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei-Sarraf receives an interview during a media visit to the Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2026. Simaei-Sarraf said on Saturday more than 30 Iranian universities have been directly attacked by the United States and Israel since the beginning of the war in late February.