Iran's top university bombed as US, Israel intensify attacks; 34 killed
Source: Al Jazeera and Fars news agency
News US-Israel war on Iran
Iran's top university bombed as US, Israel intensify attacks; 34 killed
Tehran says it will respond 'in kind' to any attacks on its infrastructure, warns Trump threats an 'incitement to war crimes'.
Iran's Minister of Science Hossein Simaee Sarraf inspects the damage at the research building of the Shahid Beheshti University, which was damaged by a US-Israeli attack on April 4, 2026 [Majid Asgaripour/Wana via Reuters]
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 6 Apr 2026
6 Apr 2026
At least 34 people have been killed, including six children, as the United States and Israel carried out massive attacks across Iran, targeting a top university as well as residential areas, after US President Donald Trump set a Tuesday deadline for Tehran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power plants and bridges.
The Fars news agency reported on Monday that an air attack killed 23 people, including four girls and two boys aged below 10 years, in Tehran province's Baharestan County.
At least five people were killed in an attack on a residential building in the city of Qom, according to the political and security deputy of the governor, Morteza Heydari. Six others were killed in Bandar-e Lengeh, in southern Iran, authorities said.
At least a dozen cities were hit across Iran, including Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz, Mahshahr, Shiraz, Isfahan and Karaj. ... US-Israeli strikes also hit Sharif University in Tehran, one of Iran's leading scientific universities, often compared with the US's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Al Jazeera's Tohid Asadi, reporting from Tehran, said the facility was severely hit, with extensive damage reported in the compound's mosque and laboratories.
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10:27 a.m.:
I did not see this earlier thread of Rhiannon12866's before I posted
Overnight US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian cities as infrastructure and universities targeted - Al Jazeera English
https://www.democraticunderground.com/132170173
My bad.
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Negin Owliaei
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There are pundits in the US, the country behind the Manhattan Project, arguing that universities are fair game because science is used to make weapons.
This attack is devastating in its own right. But the fact that this place of particular pride was targeted is an extra source of insult and pain.
Trita Parsi
@tparsi.bsky.social
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Disgraceful!
The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering.
It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov
And Trump just bombed it...
9:01 AM · Apr 6, 2026
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There are pundits in the US, the country behind the Manhattan Project, arguing that universities are fair game because science is used to make weapons.
— Negin Owliaei (@neginowl.bsky.social) 2026-04-06T13:01:40.246Z
This attack is devastating in its own right. But the fact that this place of particular pride was targeted is an extra source of insult and pain.
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Trita Parsi
@tparsi.bsky.social
Disgraceful!
The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering.
It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov
And Trump just bombed it...
11:48 PM · Apr 5, 2026
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Disgraceful!
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi.bsky.social) 2026-04-06T03:48:57.687Z
The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering.
It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov
And Trump just bombed it...
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Negin Owliaei
@neginowl.bsky.social
Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal, was educated at Sharif. I hope the people who have pushed for Iran's international isolation in the name of Iranian women might speak out about this but I won't hold my breath.
9:15 AM · Apr 6, 2026
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Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal, was educated at Sharif. I hope the people who have pushed for Iran’s international isolation in the name of Iranian women might speak out about this but I won’t hold my breath.
— Negin Owliaei (@neginowl.bsky.social) 2026-04-06T13:15:42.996Z
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