Iran Claims $300 Million in Research Infrastructure Damage From War
🏭 TEHRAN — Iran names a price tag; the research line tells you what got hit. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: $300M in research infrastructure damage is Tehran quantifying losses it usually conceals. Naming it signals domestic audience management — justifying costs of defiance. But "research infrastructure" in Iran covers dual-use facilities. The figure leaks what the strikes may have actually targeted, and gives IAEA inspectors a public admission to chase.
