US-Israeli Strikes Devastate Iran's Sharif University; Iran Calls It War Crime

The US and Israeli war coalition struck Iran's Sharif University of Technology, widely regarded as Iran's MIT.

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Al Jazeera

Foreign Minister Araghchi tweeted that Israeli-US aggressors have bombed the MIT of Iran.

Al Jazeera

First Vice President Aref called the bunker-buster bomb attack a symbol of Trump's madness and ignorance.

At least 30 Iranian universities have been targeted since the war began on February 28.

The strike damaged Sharif’s laboratories, central mosque, and key infrastructure including a gas post.

University President Tajrishi described Sharif as a scientific institution dedicated to spreading knowledge and culture.

Al-Bawaba News

No casualties were reported from the university strike.

The attack also hit infrastructure supporting Iran’s artificial intelligence platform.

International condemnation mounted over the university strike.

“US, Israeli jets bomb artificial intelligence infrastructure in Iranian capital Attack hit data center at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology Ahmet Dursun and Muhammed Kilic April 06, 2026•Update: April 06, 2026 Archive ISTANBUL A US-Israeli strike targeted a data center at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, infrastructure that supports Iran’s artificial intelligence platform, Iranian media reported on Monday”

Anadolu Ajansı

Kenneth Roth warned the attack could amount to a war crime and called it Gaza redux.

Over 60 students and five professors have been killed in attacks on academic facilities since the war began.

Aref invited Sharif's global alumni to protest the bombing as a crime.

President Tajrishi vowed reconstruction to elevate Iran as a major scientific power.

Franceinfo

Sharif University has produced internationally recognized scholars including Maryam Mirzakhani.

The attack was seen as a symbolic assault on Iran’s modernizing intellectual identity.