Iran's IRGC Threatens US, Israeli Universities in Region

Tehran, Iran—Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a stark warning on Sunday, threatening retaliatory strikes against American and Israeli universities in the Middle East unless the United States publicly condemns recent attacks on Iranian academic institutions by noon Monday, Tehran time.

The Guard's statement, published by Iranian media outlets including Fars and Tasnim news agencies, described U.S.-linked universities in the region as potential "legitimate targets." It urged employees, professors, students, and nearby residents to maintain a one-kilometer distance from campuses to avoid harm. Several U.S. institutions maintain branches in the Gulf area, among them Texas A&M University at Qatar and New York University Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

The threat follows a series of U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that Iranian officials say have deliberately damaged key educational and research facilities over the past month. Strikes overnight from Friday into Saturday targeted sites in Tehran, including the Iran University of Science and Technology in the city's northeast, where buildings sustained damage but no casualties were reported, according to local media....