Iran's Minister of Science Hossein Simaee Sarraf inspects the damage at the research building of the Shahid Beheshti University, damaged by U.S.-Israeli strikes, April 4, 2026. (Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA)
Iranian authorities plan to turn a bomb site at a university in central Iran into a museum about the impact of U.S.-Israeli strikes, an official said.
"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," said Zafarollah Kalantari, head of Isfahan University of Technology, 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.
U.S.-Israeli strikes hit the university in Isfahan in March. Officials have said that U.S.-Israeli attacks hit more than 30 universities across Iran, including in the capital Tehran, as well as residential areas and other civilian infrastructure.
A cease-fire has been in place since April 8.
