During nearly six weeks of continuous attacks by the United States and Israel, Israeli warplanes bombed and severely damaged about 30 universities across Iran, including Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology. Scholars have described the strikes as an assault on education and knowledge. The attacks targeted major research institutions that form the backbone of Iran’s scientific and technological progress.

The report argues that Israel deliberately targeted these universities to obstruct Iran’s advancement in modern science and technology. It also criticizes Western media, particularly The New York Times, for framing the destruction of Iranian universities through a political lens rather than as an attack on education. Iranian academics and students reportedly view the bombings as an attempt to undermine Iran’s sovereignty and technological independence.

The article further claims that Israel’s actions reflect a broader hostility toward higher education in Muslim countries and warns that similar threats have been made against universities in Turkey and Pakistan. It also draws parallels between physical bombings in the Middle East and ideological attacks on academic freedom in Western universities.