{"id":43771,"date":"2026-03-30T22:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/43771\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:58:11","slug":"vcuarts-qatar-goes-remote-amid-iranian-threats-to-american-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/43771\/","title":{"rendered":"VCUarts Qatar goes remote amid Iranian threats to American universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) &#8211; As tensions in the Middle East grow, VCUarts Qatar has closed its campus to the public and moved to remote learning, <a href=\"https:\/\/qatar.vcu.edu\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/qatar.vcu.edu\/\">according to the university\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The change comes after a warning from Iran that all American university campuses in the Middle East are \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/iran-threatens-us-campuses-in-middle-east\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/iran-threatens-us-campuses-in-middle-east\/\">legitimate targets<\/a>,\u201d after alleged U.S. and Israeli strikes damaged two Iranian campuses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">VCUarts is one of more than a dozen U.S. colleges with satellite locations in the Persian Gulf, including NYU, Georgetown and Texas A&amp;M. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IRTruePromise\/status\/2038017446192271719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2038017446192271719%7Ctwgr%5Ed2bd393de1e56706aaafebd4c128e172949630ef%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F2599923%2Firan-warns-of-strikes-on-us-linked-universities-in-region-after-campus-bombings\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IRTruePromise\/status\/2038017446192271719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2038017446192271719%7Ctwgr%5Ed2bd393de1e56706aaafebd4c128e172949630ef%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F2599923%2Firan-warns-of-strikes-on-us-linked-universities-in-region-after-campus-bombings\">statement <\/a>Sunday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told all students, faculty and staff at those campuses to stay at least a kilometer away. Many of those universities have shifted to online learning as a precaution. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In early March, students at the VCU Arts Qatar campus had been given the option of remote learning, if it was safe to do so. VCU leaders have <a href=\"https:\/\/news.vcu.edu\/article\/an-update-about-vcu-school-of-the-arts-in-qatar\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/news.vcu.edu\/article\/an-update-about-vcu-school-of-the-arts-in-qatar\">previously said<\/a> they have been in daily contact with staff at the Qatar campus but have not commented on the most recent threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WWBT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RICHMOND, Va. 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