# Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on Silicon Valley: “Sharif University is Iran’s MIT. They’ve produced a huge num…”

> Sharif University is Iran’s MIT. They’ve produced a huge number of engineers who’ve gone on to Silicon Valley and founded some of the most successful American tech…

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- **Updated:** 2026-10-12
- **Category:** social
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## Key data

- **Author:** @RepYassAnsari
- **Likes:** 27.3K
- **Retweets:** 9.1K
- **Replies:** 3.1K
- **Views:** 1.8M

Sharif University is Iran’s MIT. They’ve produced a huge number of engineers who’ve gone on to Silicon Valley and founded some of the most successful American tech companies. Why are we bombing a university in a city of 10 million people?

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## Sources

1. [@RepYassAnsari on X](https://x.com/RepYassAnsari/status/2041005005822689528)
2. [AISA Twitter API](https://aisa.one/docs/api-reference/twitter/get_twitter-tweet-advanced-search)

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