Iran on Monday accused Israel and the United States of targeting one of its premier scientific institutions, with Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi alleging that “the MIT of Iran” had been bombed in the latest round of hostilities.Sharing images of debris and damaged academic material, Araghchi said the strike hit a leading research centre, in what he described as a continuation of attacks on universities across the country.“Israeli-US aggressors have bombed the MIT of Iran. This follows attacks on other universities,” he said in a post on X.The images released alongside the post showed a heavily damaged building with exposed concrete and twisted steel, with an Iranian flag lodged amid the rubble.Another photograph depicted scattered, dirt-stained papers containing complex mathematical equations, alongside a document bearing the header of a Tehran-based institute for theoretical physics and mathematics.Araghchi’s post was in reference to an attack on Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. According to reports, a building housing the university’s mosque was damaged in an early Monday airstrike.In a sharply worded message blending defiance with historical reference, Araghchi invoked a saying attributed to Prophet Muhammad, stating, “Even if knowledge was situated in the distant Pleiades, Iranians would be capable of attaining it. Aggressors will see our might.”Tehran has repeatedly accused Israel and the US of targeting civilian infrastructure, including educational and research institutions, amid the escalating conflict.The images, which could not be independently verified, appear aimed at underscoring not only structural damage but also the destruction of scientific work, reinforcing Iran’s narrative that its academic and intellectual infrastructure is under attack.