Iran to turn bombed university into a museum, says official

By AFP 3 May 2026, 10:15 am

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

“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,” says Zafarollah Kalantari, head of Isfahan University of Technology.

He adds that other land has 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 says initial assessments had put the cost of the damage to the university’s buildings and facilities at around $11 million.