Hundreds of members of the International Union of Scientists have written an open letter to the UN secretary basic, director-general of UNESCO, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calling for the safety of scientific establishments in Iran, and for the US-Israeli aggressors to be held accountable.
“We, the undersigned academics, researchers, students, and members of the global scholarly community, express our grave concern over at least 21 attacks that have damaged laboratories, universities, hospitals, and other scientific institutions during the ongoing unprovoked USA – Israel’s aggression on Iran,” the letter begins.
The US-Israeli aggression focused Isfahan University of Technology, Iran University of Science and Technology and Amirkabir University of Technology, the letter stated.
It added that in one other strike on March 31, “one of Iran’s largest pharmaceutical R&D centers, Tofiq Daru, a major producer of anesthetics and treatments for MS and cancer, was targeted and severely damaged.”
Scientific and academic establishments are civilian areas important to public well being, data, and human survival, and their destruction endangers researchers, college students, medical personnel, and the broader public, whereas inflicting lasting hurt to science and society, the letter famous, in response to Press TV.
The letter referred to as on the UN, UNESCO, and related worldwide our bodies to doc the injury induced to those establishments, defend affected students and college students, and assist impartial investigations into violations of worldwide humanitarian regulation.
“We urge the international community to act now to protect scientific infrastructure, defend academic life, and uphold the principle that knowledge-serving institutions must never be treated as expendable in war,” the letter concludes.
MNA