US-Linked University Hit By Iran Missile Strike; Huge Explosion Sends Smoke Over Sulaymaniyah
Iran reportedly targeted the American University in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, with a full-scale missile strike. Powerful explosions rocked the campus, sending towering plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering panic among staff and students. The attack comes amid escalating threats from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian universities, including Tehran University of Science and Technology and Isfahan University of Technology. Satellite and eyewitness reports show significant damage to buildings and infrastructure. While official casualty numbers remain unconfirmed, the incident raises fears of a widening conflict, where civilian and academic institutions are increasingly at risk.