Hyderabad, April 6 -- Education across Iran is under pressure as schools and universities are hit in ongoing US-Israeli strikes, disrupting learning and raising concerns over whether such attacks on civilian infrastructure could amount to war crimes under international law.

Since February 28, more than 30 universities have been directly targeted, according to Iran's Science Minister Hossein Simai Sarraf.

Speaking during a visit to Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran on Saturday, April 4 - a day after it was struck - he said the attacks were increasingly affecting the country's education system. Iranian media reported extensive damage to academic buildings and research facilities at the site.

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