Iran to turn bombed campus into museum after US-Israeli war hit over 30 universities

AFP , Sunday 3 May 2026

Iranian authorities plan to turn a bombsite at a university in central Iran into a museum about the impact of US-Israeli war, an official said.

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A file photo of a building of Isfahan University of Technology. Courtesy Iranian media

 

"The current damaged site will be preserved as a war museum at the university to remain a document of the country's scientific oppression in history," said Zafarollah Kalantari, head of Isfahan University of Technology on Saturday.

He added that other land had been allocated for the "construction of a new building and provision of advanced equipment" for the university, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Kalanari said initial assessments had put the cost of the damage to the university's buildings and facilities at around $11 million.

US-Israeli strikes hit the institution in Isfahan -- among the largest universities in Iran -- in March during the war that began a month earlier and subsequently spread across the region.

The strikes hit more than 30 universities across Iran, including in the capital Tehran, as well as schools, residential areas and other civilian infrastructure.

A ceasefire has been in place since April 8.

The US-Israeli war has killed at least 3,375 people in Iran since the war began on February 28, according to recent figures released by the Iranian forensic medicine organisation.

The toll includes more than 200 children and 496 women.

 

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