IRGC Issues Ultimatum Over University Strikes — Threatens Gulf Campus Attacks

The IRGC issued a formal ultimatum on March 29 demanding the US condemn reported strikes on Iranian universities by March 30 or face expanded attacks. The IRGC specifically threatened to target American and Israeli-affiliated universities in the Gulf region — including Texas A&M Qatar, Northwestern University Qatar, and NYU Abu Dhabi — warning people within 1 km of those campuses to evacuate. The threat reflects a new Iranian escalation strategy designed to leverage Western soft-power presence in the Gulf against US allies hosting American educational institutions, following IDF strikes on the University of Science and Technology in Tehran.