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Iran Guards threaten US universities in Middle East

Iran's Revolutionary Guard demanded a formal US condemnation of strikes that it says damaged Iranian universities and warned it would retaliate against American campuses in the Middle East, setting a March 30 deadline and urging people to avoid sites.

Mar 29th 2026 · Iran

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  • Iran's Revolutionary Guard on March 29 threatened to target American universities in the Middle East unless the US formally condemned strikes on Iranian universities by 12 noon on March 30 Tehran time.
  • The Guard advised employees, professors, students and nearby residents to stay at least one kilometre away from American campuses in the region.
  • Several US universities have campuses in the Gulf, including Texas A&M University in Qatar and New York University in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Overnight strikes on March 27 to March 28 hit Tehran and damaged buildings at the university of science and technology in northeast Tehran with no reported casualties, according to media reports.
  • The Guard said its warning was in response to US-Israeli strikes that it said destroyed two Iranian universities and published the statement through Iranian media.

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