Mideast in Pictures: Iranian university hit in U.S.-Israeli airstrike

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06 Apr 2026, 21:45 GMT+10

TEHRAN, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Shahid Beheshti University in the Iranian capital Tehran was hit in a U.S. and Israeli airstrike.

Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei-Sarraf said on Saturday more than 30 Iranian universities have been directly attacked by the United States and Israel since the beginning of the war in late February.

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