Israeli army says struck Tehran university run by Iran Guards

People retrieve computer servers and equipment from an office building that housed the offices of the Doha-headquartered news network Al-Araby TV following a missile strike in Tehran, March 29, 2026. (AFP)
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Updated 30 March 2026
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Israeli army says struck Tehran university run by Iran Guards

  • Israel claims that the institution was used for advanced weapons research
  • Former supreme leader Ali Khamenei had previously visited the university

JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said Monday that it had struck a university in Tehran run by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, claiming the institution was used for advanced weapons research.
“In recent days, one of the IRGC’s central military infrastructure sites was recently struck, located within the compound of Imam Hossein University — the IRGC’s primary military academic institution, which also serves as an emergency asset for the regime’s military bodies,” a statement by the Israeli military said.
Senior Iranian officials, including former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, had previously visited the university.
“During the operation, the IDF struck military infrastructure within the university multiple times in order to inflict significant damage to the regime’s weapons production and development capabilities,” the Israeli military said.
It added that it had destroyed wind tunnels beneath the university, its chemistry center, and a technology and engineering center of its mechanics and development group — which the Israelis said were all used for the development of weapons.