US-Israeli strikes have hit more than 30 universities across Iran since the war broke out in late February, Iran’s science minister has said, AFP reports.

“To date, more than 30 universities have been directly targeted,” Hossein Simai Sarraf told reporters during a visit to the Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran, which was struck yesterday.

The research building of the Shahid Beheshti University, which was damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran on April 4, 2026. — WANA via Reuters
The research building of the Shahid Beheshti University, which was damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran on April 4, 2026. — WANA via Reuters

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