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Universities hit as US, Israel ramp up attacks on Iran’s infrastructure

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 1118 words · By Maziar Motamedi
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What to know about Universities hit as US, Israel ramp up attacks on Iran’s infrastructure

Universities hit as US, Israel ramp up attacks on Iran’s infrastructure Authorities say at least 30 universities impacted by US and Israeli strikes since the start of the war.

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What happened

Universities hit as US, Israel ramp up attacks on Iran’s infrastructure Authorities say at least 30 universities impacted by US and Israeli strikes since the start of the war.

Why it matters

Tehran, Iran – Inside the sprawling Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran, a research centre lies in ruins after warplanes bombed it.

Common ground

The attack on Friday on the Laser and Plasma Research Institute of the elite higher education facility is part of a growing pattern of civilian sites targeted by the United States and Israel in their war on Iran.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Israeli military actions have destroyed 70% of Iran’s steel production capacity.”
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Claim 2: “At least eight people were killed and more than 90 wounded in the attack [on the B1 bridge], which came while a large number of civilian families were spending Sizdah Bedar, or Nature Day, together in the area.”
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Claim 3: “A US official told the Axios news website that the bridge was attacked because it was used by the Iranian armed forces to try to secretly move missiles and missile parts from Tehran to launch sites in western Iran and provide logistical support for the military in Tehran.”
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Claim 4: “Authorities say at least 30 universities impacted by US and Israeli strikes since the start of the war.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2024, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries in April, July, and October that year. On 1 April, Israel bombed an Iranian consulate c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the 2026 Iran war began with a series of attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, 2026, following the breakdown of US-Iran talks and negotiations, locations across Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_Israel
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Claim 5: “More than 20 attacks have targeted healthcare facilities in Iran since the start of March, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday, also pointing to the Delaram Sina Psychiatric Hospital, which sustained significant damage in a strike on Sunday.”
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Claim 6: “US and Israeli attacks have also impacted schools, houses and businesses across the country, killing more than 2,000 people, according to Iranian authorities.”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Regional escalations have continued to spike since the start of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, which have killed more than 2,000 people – including former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, s…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/iranian-attack-dama…
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Claim 7: “The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran was bombed four times during the conflict, with the latest strike killing a guard and damaging a nearby structure.”
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Claim 8: “There were no casualties at the university because it was mostly empty after all classes across the country were moved online by the government until further notice.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ahmadreza Zolfaghari Daryani (Persian: احمدرضا ذوالفقاری داریانی;‎ 26 November 1959 – 13 June 2025) was an Iranian professor of nuclear physics and the dean of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences at Shahi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadreza_Zolfaghari_Daryani
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shahid Beheshti University is a public research university located in Tehran, Iran. Founded in 1960 as the National University of Iran, it has 3 campuses, 19 faculties, 10 research institutes and 9 re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS, Persian: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی-درمانی شهيد بهشتی, Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti - Dârmani-ye Shihid Behesht…
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Claim 9: “A major pharmaceutical company was hit near Tehran this week. Iran’s government said the attack aimed to affect medicine supply lines while Israel claimed the company was linked to the production of chemical weapons.”
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Claim 10: “Another major university attacked during the ongoing war was Tehran’s Science and Technology University, which saw one of its research centres reduced to rubble and other departments damaged a week ago.”
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Claim 11: “Over 100 US legal experts condemned strikes on civilian targets in Iran, citing violations of international law.”
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Claim 12: “Inside the sprawling Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran, a research centre lies in ruins after warplanes bombed it.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fusion power is a potential method of electric power generation from heat released by nuclear fusion reactions. In fusion, two light atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus and release energy.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Plasma (from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma) 'that which has been formed or moulded or the result of forming or moulding') is a state of matter that results from a gaseous state having undergone some d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Plasma acceleration is a technique for accelerating charged particles, such as electrons or ions, using the electric field associated with an electron plasma wave or other high-gradient plasma structu…
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Claim 13: “Trump immediately celebrated its targeting by releasing a video of parts of the bridge collapsing and warned that there would be 'much more to follow'.”
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Claim 14: “Hossein Simaei Saraf, minister of science, research and technology, told reporters at the research centre on Saturday that parts of at least 30 universities have so far been impacted by US and Israeli strikes since the start of the war on February 28.”
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Claim 15: “The World Health Organization (WHO) ... confirmed that the institute 'sustained significant damage and was rendered unable to continue delivering health services' but said no one was killed.”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Pasteur Institute, a public health and research centre in the capital, 'sustained significant damage and was rendered unable to continue delivering health services' — one of 20 facilities the WHO …
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/who-warns-about-…
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Claim 16: “The US and Israel also attacked the Pasteur Institute in downtown Tehran, which was founded more than 100 years ago in collaboration with the internationally renowned Institut Pasteur in Paris but now operates independently.”
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Claim 17: “The economic zone in Mahshahr, an important industrial hub in Iran, was targeted by US and Israeli strikes, damaging multiple refineries and injuring at least five people.”
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Claim 18: “Iran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz despite US demands to reopen it, leading to increased US and Israeli attacks on economic targets.”
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Claim 19: “Trump set a 48-hour deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face bombing of top electricity generation plants.”
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