IRGC: Israeli, US universities in region legitimate targets after strikes on Iranian university

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has declared that Israeli and American universities in West Asia have become targets of Iran’s retaliatory strikes following attacks on a major Iranian university.

In a statement on Saturday, the Corps condemned the actions of "American–Zionist aggressor forces," citing earlier bombings of Tehran’s University of Science and Technology.

"The American–Zionist aggressor forces, by bombing Tehran’s University of Science and Technology, have once again targeted Iranian universities."

The IRGC warned that all Israeli and American universities in the region would be considered legitimate targets until two universities belonging to the aggressors were struck in retaliation.

The statement advised all staff, professors, and students of American universities in the region, as well as nearby residents, to maintain a distance of one kilometer from these institutions for their own safety.

The IRGC outlined conditions under which regional American universities might avoid retaliatory strikes.

"If the US government wants its universities in the region to be exempt from retaliatory strikes, it must, by 12:00 noon Tehran time (08:30 a.m. GMT) on Monday, March 30, issue an official statement condemning the bombings of universities."

It further stated, "Furthermore, if it wants its regional universities to remain unharmed afterward, it must prevent its allied forces from attacking universities and research centers."

"Otherwise, the threat remains valid and will be carried out."

The Iranian university was struck on Saturday during the aggression that began targeting the Islamic Republic late last month. The attack resulted in destruction of some scientific and research sites inside the facility.

Earlier too, aggressors had targeted the Isfahan University of Technology, reportedly afflicting damage to one building.

Shortly after the onset of the American-Israeli aggression on February 28, the Corps launched unrelenting retaliatory strikes against sensitive and strategic enemy targets across the region using hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles as well as attack drones.

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