WANA (Mar 28) – Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said in a post on X that recent U.S.-Israeli attacks on universities and research centers reveal a broader objective to weaken Iran’s scientific and cultural infrastructure.

 

He cited strikes on institutions, including Iran University of Science and Technology and Isfahan University of Technology, describing them as part of what he called a pattern of deliberate targeting during the past 30 days.

 

Esmaeil Baghaei wrote:

“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’s ‘nuclear program’ and ‘imminent threat’ were nothing but vicious pretexts — mere fabrications designed to conceal their real intention.”