“Targeting of universities and scientific centers is not something conventional in any armed conflict, unless the enemy reaches that level of desperation that mistakenly believes that it can block the dynamic flow of science and industry by physically destroying a scientific facility,” Esmaeil Baghaei wrote in a note published on Sunday.
It came in response to the US-Israeli bombing of Isfahan University of Technology on Wednesday and a strike against Tehran University of Science and Technology on Friday.
The senior Iranian diplomat noted that even though the targeting of universities is regrettable and indicative of the invaders’ vicious nature and their enmity towards the Iranian nation’s scientific progress, it marks a badge of honor for the Islamic Republic’s scientific and research centers.
“Enemies target places from where they have been hit hard. No strike is more stinging than to see science and technology anchored in the homegrown capabilities of the young Iranian generation, which has reached a point where Iran is now more reliant on its own capacities than any foreign country,” Baghaei stated.
He emphasized that the enemies’ latest move will fail to bear any fruit, just like their previous desperate technology.
MNA
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