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03/29/2026March 29, 2026Iran warns US campuses in region could be targeted

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is threatening retaliation against US university campuses in the Middle East, saying US and Israeli strikes have destroyed two Iranian universities.

In a statement carried by the Fars news agency, which is closely linked to the Guard, it warned that US universities in the region could be targeted unless Washington issues an official condemnation of the bombings by noon on Monday, March 30.

“We advise all employees, professors, and students of American universities in the region and residents of their surrounding areas” stay a kilometer away from campuses.

Several US institutions operate branches in the Gulf, including Texas A&M University in Qatar and New York University in the UAE.

Weeks of US and Israeli strikes have severely damaged Iran’s military, but the Islamic Republic is still managing to strike Israel and Gulf countries allied with the US.

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Saturday they launched two attacks against Israel, raising concerns the Iran war could spiral.

Those fears were compounded by a Washington Post report that the Pentagon was preparing plans for US ground operations in Iran.

Israel’s military earlier said it would finish attacking essential weapons production sites within “a few days.” The US said it has struck more than 11,000 Iranian targets in the war.

And yet Iran still fired missiles toward Israel, while air defenses early Sunday intercepted missiles and drones across Gulf countries.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps even threatened to attack US universities in the region.

For a war that has been declared over or on the verge of being settled through diplomacy, it still seems very active.

We will bring you the latest developments in this blog, and if you want to catch up on what happened on Saturday, you can click here.

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