The report, prepared for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), describes the damage suffered by Isfahan University of Technology in Iran during what is known as the "Ramadan War." The document focuses on the types of attacks, the use of damaged buildings, the significance of the affected facilities, and a preliminary estimate of the damage. The total amount is estimated in the report to be $18.065 million.
Isfahan University of Technology is a significant center for higher education and research in Iran. According to the document, it is a large campus with faculties, research institutes, educational infrastructure, and accommodation for staff and students. The report states that parts of the university suffered direct and indirect damage during several air raids.
The most serious damage, according to the report, was to the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, abbreviated as ICTI. According to the introduction of the document, the institute was directly hit twice in the early hours of March 26, 2026. The report states that the attack resulted in the destruction of the building, damage to surrounding structures, and the creation of a shock wave that was felt in other parts of the university campus. The document also mentions concerns among residents of the campus residential areas, including staff, faculty, and married students living on the premises.
Another direct attack reportedly occurred on March 29, 2026, around 2:10 PM. The document states that one of the facilities connected to the ICTI institute was hit by four projectiles. The impact caused damage to the point of impact and damage to surrounding administrative and educational areas. The report further states that on other days, two projectiles landed in wooded areas of the university, but without serious consequences.
The Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering reportedly suffered the greatest indirect damage. Laboratories, computer systems, classrooms, and office spaces were damaged. According to the report, the Faculty of Materials Engineering, the Faculty of Natural Resources, the Faculty of Textile Engineering, the Faculty of Civil Engineering, the teaching workshop center, and the physical education center were also affected. The document describes broken windows, damaged doors, destroyed ceilings, damaged monitors, computer cases, and laboratory equipment.
The report emphasizes that the ICTI institute operated in the fields of telecommunications, networks, electrical engineering, and electronics. According to the document, the institute was involved, among other things, in the design and manufacture of a display system for airport traffic control, which was intended to be used at Iranian domestic airports. The authors classify this research as activities related to civil and technological development.
In its legal assessment, the document uses very strong language. It describes the attack on the university as a violation of international law, a war crime, and a violation of the principles of protecting cultural and educational heritage in armed conflict. The report explicitly refers to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Isfahan University of Technology calls on UNESCO in the document to condemn the attack and to take legal action to seek compensation for the damage.
The photographic section of the report contains comparisons of the condition of the buildings before and after the attack. The ICTI building shows heavily damaged structures, destroyed interiors, and debris in the building's space. Other photographs show damage to the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and typical damage in educational spaces, including damaged classrooms, offices, ceiling structures, windows, and equipment.
Overview of damages according to the table in the report
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, ICTI
The entire building, with an area of 8,300 square meters, was destroyed.
Estimated damage: 3,500,000 USDEquipment of the affected ICTI Institute
Equipment inside the research institute.
Estimated damage: 8,100,000 USDBuildings and equipment of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Damage to the southern part of the building, destruction of ceilings throughout the building, destruction of seven laboratory devices, eleven laboratory setups, two computer servers, and a room labeled "Industrial Testing Room 4" in the table.
Estimated damage: 400,000 USDBuildings and equipment of the Faculty of Natural Resources
Damage to the southern part of the building, destruction of twelve laboratory devices, fourteen computer systems, and four office setups.
Estimated damage: 175,000 USDBuildings and equipment of the Faculty of Materials Engineering
Damage to the southern part of the building, damage to three state-of-the-art laboratory devices and four other laboratory devices, destruction and damage to seven office computer setups and systems.
Estimated damage: 320,000 USDBuildings and equipment of the Faculty of Civil Engineering
Damage to the northern part of the building, destruction of equipment and instruments in the laboratories of structural engineering and material strength.
Estimated damage: 100,000 USDNational Center for Information Technologies and Supercomputers
Severe damage to servers and the Sheikh Bahai National Supercomputing Center.
Estimated damage: 2,750,000 USDSecurity Center
Damage to fifteen cameras and three servers.
Estimated damage: 340,000 USDOther surrounding buildings
Broken windows and destruction of doors and windows in nine buildings.
Estimated damage: 580,000 USDAirport radar
Destruction of four radars, related equipment, and a 50-meter building.
Estimated damage: 1,800,000 USD
Total estimated damage: 18,065,000 USD
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