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Rhiannon12866

(255,910 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 04:49 AM 14 hrs ago

Overnight US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian cities as infrastructure and universities targeted - Al Jazeera English



Overnight US-Israeli strikes have hit multiple areas across Tehran, with infrastructure and academic sites among the targets, including Sharif University of Technology, one of Iran’s leading technical institutions. Footage shows extensive damage to buildings, laboratories and nearby facilities, while a gas installation close to the campus was also reportedly struck.

The strikes extended beyond the capital to cities including Karaj, Shiraz, Isfahan, Bushehr and Bandar Lengeh, with casualties reported, including civilians and children in areas near Tehran. Iranian officials say more than 30 universities have been damaged since the start of the campaign, describing the attacks as targeting academic and civilian infrastructure.

Authorities have also raised concerns over nuclear-related sites, including areas near the Bushehr nuclear power plant, as well as facilities in Natanz and Fordow. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation condemns the strikes as “a crime against science and humanity,” while urging international action over potential contamination risks.

Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi reports from Tehran. - 04/06/2026.

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Overnight US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian cities as infrastructure and universities targeted - Al Jazeera English (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 14 hrs ago OP
Israel using the US military pfitz59 14 hrs ago #1
The felon-in-chief joined this war at Netanyahu's urging... Rhiannon12866 14 hrs ago #2
War crimes. Botany 13 hrs ago #3
Equal ? Whip-poor-will 12 hrs ago #6
Go bomb Iranian universities, what genius had that brilliant idea? DFW 12 hrs ago #4
This is who we are Whip-poor-will 12 hrs ago #5

Botany

(77,392 posts)
3. War crimes.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 05:29 AM
13 hrs ago

Hitler did this to London in WW II.



Trump is a monster. Btw Israel is now annexing Southern Lebanon too.

DFW

(60,220 posts)
4. Go bomb Iranian universities, what genius had that brilliant idea?
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 06:17 AM
12 hrs ago

The one series of institutions that could foster the educated, intelligent opposition that could provide a more west-friendly government when the religious fanatics no longer run the place, and we BOMB them?

That’s like McDonald’s bombing the cattle farms.

Whip-poor-will

(274 posts)
5. This is who we are
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 06:28 AM
12 hrs ago

Atomic weapons incinerating two cities , drones we developed ,slavery and genocide of the native Americans are not milestones on the

road to a moral superior "light on a hill" country. The United States is built on murder.

Our budget spells out the moral bankruptcy we have accepted $1,000,000,000 for killing and bankruptcy for the poor to pay for it .

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