The IRGC named universities in Israel and the USA in the Middle East as legitimate targets for strikes.

      The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) named two universities in the USA and Israel, located in the Middle East, as legitimate targets for strikes. Thus, the formation seeks to avenge the destroyed Iranian scientific institutions. The organization's statement was conveyed by Tasnim. The IRGC proposed to the White House a deal. "If the US government does not want its universities in the region (except for those two that will be retaliated against) to be destroyed, it must issue an official statement condemning the bombings of universities no later than 12:00 PM on Monday, March 30," the organization announced. The IRGC explained that Washington is obliged to "stop its wild allies" from attacking educational institutions and research centers. If this does not happen, strikes will begin. They also recommended that all staff, faculty, and students of American universities in the region move at least one kilometer away from the specified universities. During the US-Israeli operation, Iranian universities have been targeted several times. On March 7, the military university of the IRGC - Imam Hussein University - was attacked, reported the IDF. Earlier, the Science and Technology University of Iran, located in Tehran, was hit. On the first day of the US and Israeli missile attack, the Iranian school "Shajare Tayebe" in Minab was struck. Iranian authorities reported 171 casualties and 90 injured. According to the IRGC, the attack was carried out from the American airbase "Al-Dhafra" in the UAE. Representatives of the American administration acknowledged that the US struck the area where the school is located, reported NBC News.

      Later, US President Donald Trump said that the strike on the Iranian school was allegedly carried out by Iran itself. "In my opinion, based on what I saw, it was done by the Iranian side," he said. Tehran uses its weaponry carelessly and inaccurately, the US president added. The US Permanent Representative to the UN, Mike Waltz, also did not confirm the involvement of the United States in the strike on the Iranian girls' school in the city of Minab. At the same time, he added that "tragic mistakes sometimes happen."