Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that U.S. universities in the Middle East are “legitimate targets,” directing staff, professors, and students to stay at least a kilometer away from campuses. The warning referenced alleged U.S.-led attacks on Tehran University of Science and Technology and Isfahan University of Technology. The message affects U.S. higher education institutions with operating presence in the region, including University of Pittsburgh-affiliated and chartered entities and satellite campuses. Education City in Qatar hosts six U.S. universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Northwestern, Texas A&M, Virginia Commonwealth and Weill Cornell Medicine, while NYU and Rochester Institute of Technology also have campuses in the UAE. On the ground, Georgetown University Qatar posted that remote work and online instruction would continue until further notice, and American University of Beirut’s president said operations would be fully remote on Monday and Tuesday “out of an abundance of caution.” For universities, the operational takeaway is immediate continuity planning: switching to remote delivery, adjusting safety protocols, and managing compliance and accreditation expectations when closures become security-driven rather than academic-calendar decisions.