Iranian forces warned they could target U.S.-linked universities and American institutions across the Middle East in retaliation after reported strikes on Iranian educational sites. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued guidance urging people connected to affected universities to stay at least one kilometer away and said the warning would remain in effect until specific retaliatory conditions are met. The warning follows reports of attacks on Tehran University of Science and Technology and Isfahan University of Technology, and it arrives as several U.S.-partner campuses adjust operations. Georgetown University Qatar said remote work and online instruction would continue until further notice, while the president of American University of Beirut described shifting operations to remote learning “out of an abundance of caution.” For higher education leaders, the immediate impacts are operational: security posture, academic continuity planning, and communications to students and employees at branch campuses governed by host-country agreements but tied to U.S. institutions. The episode also raises compliance and risk-management considerations for international education programs operating in conflict zones where threats can escalate quickly.