Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday issued a stern warning that American and Israeli universities in the West Asian area could possibly be thought of reputable targets in retaliation for the US and Israeli strikes on Iranian educational establishments and heritage infrastructure.
In an announcement broadcast by Iranian state media Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Telegram, the IRGC condemned latest assaults on Iranian universities, together with what it described as a bombardment of the University of Science and Technology in Tehran, and accused US-Israeli forces of concentrating on Iranian instructional infrastructure.
“The American-Zionist aggressor forces have targeted Iranian universities for the umpteenth time by bombing the Tehran University of Science and Technology,” the assertion learn, as quoted by IRIB.
The assertion warned that every one universities affiliated with the United States and Israel in West Asia are “legitimate targets” except particular circumstances are met.
The IRGC additionally urged employees, school, college students and residents close to American and Israeli college campuses in the area to remain at the least one kilometre away to guard their security and in addition demanded that the US authorities formally condemn the bombing of Iranian universities by midday on Monday, March 30 (Tehran time), if it desires these establishments to be spared from retaliation.
“The reckless rulers of the White House should know that all the universities of the occupying regime and American universities in the West Asian region are our legitimate targets, so the destruction of two universities in retaliation for the destroyed Iranian universities. We advise all staff, faculty, and students of American universities in the region and residents of their surrounding areas to stay within a one-kilometer radius of the aforementioned universities to protect their lives,” it added, as quoted by IRIB.
Earlier, the official spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, in a submit on X, accused the United States and Israel of “deliberately” concentrating on its educational establishments and scientific infrastructure amid the continuing battle in the area, alleging that the US-Israeli army marketing campaign towards Iran has “revealed its true objective” by systematically putting universities, analysis centres, historic monuments and distinguished scientists.
Baqaei described the assaults as an effort to “cripple our country’s scientific foundation and cultural heritage”.
He particularly cited Isfahan University of Technology and the University of Science and Technology in Tehran — establishments on the coronary heart of Iran’s larger schooling and analysis ecosystem — as amongst these hit in the course of the previous 30 days of battle and in addition dismissed claims by the US and Israel on countering Iran’s nuclear programme and addressing an “imminent threat” as “vicious pretexts” supposed to hide what Tehran perceives as a broader technique to undermine its mental and cultural establishments.
“Isfahan University of Technology and the University of Science and Technology in Tehran are just two among many universities and research centers deliberately attacked by the aggressors during the past 30 days of their illegal war on the Iranian nation. In fact, the American-Israeli aggression against Iran continues to reveal its true objective: to cripple our country’s scientific foundation and cultural heritage by systematically targeting universities, research centers, historical monuments, and prominent scientists. Countering Iran’ “nuclear program” and “imminent menace” were nothing but vicious pretexts — mere fabrications designed to conceal their real intention,” the submit learn.