Iran plans to turn university site hit in US-Israeli strikes into museum

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

This video grab taken from undated UGC images posted on social media on March 31, 2026, shows smoke billowing as explosions rock Iran's Isfahan.
This video grab taken from undated UGC images posted on social media on March 31, 2026, shows smoke billowing as explosions rock Iran's Isfahan.  © VARIOUS SOURCES / AFP

"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," Zafarollah Kalantari, head of Isfahan University of Technology, said 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.

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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.

Officials have said that strikes hit more than 30 universities across Iran, including in the capital Tehran, as well as residential areas and other civilian infrastructure.

A ceasefire has been in place since April 8.

Cover photo: VARIOUS SOURCES / AFP

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