Ali Azari @AliAzarids

Sharif University is Iran’s MIT. They’ve produced a huge number of engineers who’ve gone on to Silicon Valley and founded some of the most successful American tech companies. Why are we bombing a university in a city of 10 million people?

Omid Memarian @Omid_M

2 months ago

Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, one of Iran’s top science and engineering institutions, was bombed tonight, and a number of schools reportedly damaged. Founded in 1966 (as Aryamehr University), Sharif is a cornerstone of Iran’s scientific and academic life. Striking

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Sharif University of Technology (founded as Arya Mehr University in 1966) is an icon of modernization and progress in Iran. Its alumni include the first woman to win the Field Medal in Mathematics, Maryam Mirzakhani. It has been a national symbol of achievement, gaining international recognition for the quality of its graduates, large number who have been admitted into the very best engineering programs in the West. The aim of this kind of wonton destruction could only be the nation of Iran itself.

Disgraceful! The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering. It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov And Trump just bombed it...

Those who don’t face their pain will impose it. #IranWar

What happens if Trump tries to reopen the Straight of Hormuz militarily?

BREAKING: Iran did not randomly hit Prince Sultan Air Base. New analysis suggests the attack geometry targeted the E-3 AWACS parking area specifically, not the tankers beside it. Defence Security Asia reported within hours that post-strike Landsat imagery indicates “one or two E-3G Sentry aircraft may have been destroyed or rendered inoperable.” The publication concluded the strike pattern shows “the E-3G parking area appearing more central to the attack geometry” than the KC-135 tankers. If correct, this was not a punitive barrage. It was a precision operation to decapitate American airborne command and control. Air and Space Forces Magazine confirmed “a photo showed significant damage to a USAF E-3” and that “multiple refueling aircraft and an E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane are among the aircraft damaged.” Retired Air Force Colonel John Venable told the Wall Street Journal: “It’s a huge deal. It hurts the U.S.‘s ability to see what’s happening in the Gulf and maintain situational awareness.” Planet Labs satellite imagery from February 21 showed 43 aircraft on the PSAB tarmac, including 13 KC-135 tankers and six E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft per Times of Islamabad. Six of America’s 16 operational AWACS were concentrated at a single base in the open. No hardened shelters. No dispersal. Parked on the apron like commercial aircraft at a regional airport. Iran struck with six ballistic missiles and 29 drones per AP and WSJ. Most were intercepted by Saudi Patriot and THAAD systems. But the ones that got through hit the command layer, not the combat layer. The E-3 does not drop bombs. It tells every other aircraft where to drop them. It tracks Iranian drones, coordinates F-35 strike packages, manages tanker flows, and maintains command links across the entire theatre. Damage one E-3 and you do not lose a weapon. You lose the system that makes every weapon effective. CENTCOM has not commented on the damage. No official statement confirming or denying destruction. The Aviationist reported that Sentinel-2 short-wave infrared imagery showed “a heat signature at the same location” consistent with “flames and hot gases in the smoke towering from the area.” The Aviation Geek Club confirmed the E-3 and multiple KC-135s were damaged. No outlet has confirmed total destruction, but every outlet confirms the aircraft is out of action. And the replacement does not exist. The Boeing 707 airframe has not been manufactured since 1992. The E-7 Wedgetail successor has two prototypes funded but will not fly until 2028. Each E-3 costs $537 to $596 million in 2026 dollars. There are 16 left. Six were at this base. The war is 28 days old and America’s airborne command architecture is being degraded by an adversary whose missile capability CENTCOM says has been reduced by 90 percent. That is the number that should terrify every defence planner. Ninety percent of Iran’s missiles are gone. The remaining ten percent hit the brain. Over 300 service members have been wounded in Operation Epic Fury per Air and Space Forces Magazine. Thirteen killed. The carrier is in Croatia for a laundry fire. The tankers are damaged on the ground. The AWACS is out of action. And a three-star general is telling 35,000 reservists to pack their desert uniforms and prepare their families. Iran does not need to match American firepower. It needs to find the one aircraft America cannot replace and put a missile next to it. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

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Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86

3 months ago

BREAKING: Iran just damaged one of America’s 16 remaining E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The Boeing 707 airframe that the E-3 is built on has not been manufactured since 1992. There is no production line. There are no new

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نجات کودک خردسال از زیر آوار حملات هوایی رژیم صهیونیستی و آمریکا با تلاش آتش‌نشانان

Today’s Attack on Amir Kabir University one of the most prominent science and engineering universities in Iran is a reminder of Arab and Mogul invasions of Persia where libraries and universities were burned and sacked. It makes its even more clear that the objective of this war is not the Islamic Republic - it is to deny Iran of its scientific and technological advancements.

Europe’s credibility as a peace actor is on the line. If it fails to act diplomatically now, it will pay later—in lost energy, security, and global leverage. Don’t wait for Washington. Lead. #IranWar‌

U.S. leadership is not measured by firepower—but by foresight. A full-scale war with Iran could undo two decades of regional counterterrorism gains, alienate Arab allies, and spike global oil prices. Cool heads must prevail. #IranWar‌

This isn’t just Israel vs. Iran. It’s the making of a new regional order. If China is absent, it will wake up to a Middle East ruled by a NATO+Gulf security axis—blocking Chinese energy and trade leverage. The time for engagement is now. #IranWar‌

Gulf security is regional security. Dialogue and strategic investment can succeed where confrontation has failed. Don’t push Iran toward the nuclear cliff—pull it into the economic fold. #IranWar‌

Unfortunately, it has become increasingly rare for us to put ourselves in the shoes of the other side.