Cruz urges Princeton to take action over professor accused of pro-Iran allegiances, citing risk to students

UNIQUE Texas Republican Sen Ted Cruz called on his alma mater Princeton University to dismiss a former high-level Iranian regime official because he is allegedly making students feel unsafe amid latest outbreaks of antisemitism at the New Jersey university The ex-official for the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Hossein Mousavian who is a Middle East shield and nuclear agenda specialist at the university is under pressure on a large number of fronts from congressional representatives Princeton students and experts on antisemitism Mousavian is closely linked to the Iranian regime and to the regime s campaigns of terrorism and murder His presence at Princeton makes students feel justifiably afraid for their safety Princeton s decision to keep employing him shows they care less about their students and more about providing a platform for pro-regime and anti-American propaganda That kind of reckless institutional ideological bias is exactly why the Trump administration is reassessing federal funding for Princeton Cruz advised Fox News Digital in an specific report ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT AFTER IRAN TRIES TO KILL HER Fox News Digital previously announced that Mousavian expressed encouragement for the U S -designated terrorist movements Hamas and Hezbollah and appeared to pay tribute to the global Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani in when he attended his funeral President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike to eliminate Soleimani in January for his role in the murders of over American military personnel in the Middle East and his planning of new terrorist attacks Mousavian has declined to renounce his backing for Hamas Hezbollah and Iran's fatwa religious decree to assassinate the British-American writer Salman Rushdie A Hezbollah flag was on display during a Princeton trainee protest encampment against Israel last year The Iran-backed Hezbollah was responsible for a bombing that murdered U S military members in Beirut Maximillian Meyer president of Princeton Tigers for Israel and an undergraduate at the university stated Fox News Digital I commend Sen Cruz for raising urgent concerns about Princeton s employment of Mousavian whose career has been defined by shilling for the world s leading state sponsor of terrorism Credible reports linking Mousavian to the oversight of Iranian dissident assassinations in Europe alongside his endorsement of the fatwa on Salman Rushdie are deeply alarming INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GIVEN NEW BLUEPRINT ON TECHNIQUES TO WEAKEN IRAN 'UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY'Fox News Digital first broadcasted in November that the House Committee on Development and the Workforce launched an research into Mousavian's role in advancing the interests of the clerical regime in Tehran During Mousavian s tenure as Iran s ambassador to Germany he was in charge of the embassy that a German court unveiled served as the headquarters for the planning of the assassination of four Iranian dissidents at the Greek restaurant Mykonos in Berlin However the former Iranian ambassador previously recounted Fox News Digital that This accusation is a big lie and The -page verdict is published and everyone can have access to it The Berlin court verdict does not contain any direct or indirect claims against me German executives never forced me to leave the country I have been a frequent visitor to Germany Yet Iranian dissidents and human rights experts uncovered testimony from Abolghasem Mesbahi a former senior-level Iranian intelligence official who stated the Berlin court during the Mykonos trial Mousavian participated in greater part of the Iranian regime's crimes that took place in Europe Mousavian did not respond to multiple Fox News Digital press queries WhatsApp messages and telephone calls for this article Meyer the Princeton undergraduate pupil declared Anyone who has served in senior roles for the repressive Islamic Republic of Iran poses a clear threat to American national defense His continued employment at Princeton is a damning indictment of the anti-Americanism festering within so-called elite institutions Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber who in recent times announced he would defy Trump s efforts to stop antisemitism via federal funding cuts to the wealthy university did not respond to Fox News Digital email press queries and telephone calls about Mousavian Fox News Digital in recent days broadcasted that pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian agitators stormed a talk by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at Princeton sparking criticism from Jewish students at Princeton In a report to Fox News Digital over the event Eisgruber noted he was appalled at reports of antisemitic language used during Bennett's visit He added Such behavior is reprehensible and intolerable The University is probing and will pursue disciplinary measures as appropriate to the extent any members of the Princeton University group are implicated It is unclear if Eisgruber suspended or expelled students who prevented Bennett from speaking Mousavian has faced criticism for stoking antisemitism since Hamas invaded Israel and slaughtered over people including more than Americans Eisgruber has gone silent about Mousavian s actions A Fox News Digital examination of Mousavian s X account shows a high number of Persian and English posts attacking the Jewish state including comparing Israel with Nazi Germany The comparison between Israel and Nazi Germany is classified as modern antisemitism according to the widely accepted definition formulated by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance IRAN'S ATTACK ON ISRAEL SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON TEHRAN'S ADVANCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMRabbi Abraham Cooper the former chair of the U S Commission on International Religious Freedom and director of Global Social Action at the Simon Wiesenthal Center petitioned Eisgruber in a declaration to Fox News Digital Why does the university continue to protect Mousavian at a time of raging antisemitism and what is he still doing there Cooper further urged in the context of the announced antisemitic mob attack on Bennett and Mousavian s alleged ties to the murders carried out by Iran s regime why can t the President of Princeton connect the dots Cooper revealed on Eisgruber s watch It is a shameful chapter that must end the right way Cooper accused Eisgruber of stoic silence or indifference to antisemitism and stonewalling efforts to hold Mousavian accountable for his alleged crimes and antisemitism Cooper continued that Eisgruber owes it to Jewish students and faculty Iranian-Americans and Iranian dissidents to answer basic questions about Mousavian Eisgruber has not obstructed any law enforcement efforts to investigate Mousavian s alleged crimes Cooper also called on Princeton and Mousavian to submit his Ph D for examination Fox News Digital has learned that neither Princeton University nor the University of Kent in the United Kingdom where Mousavian allegedly obtained his Ph D in were willing to produce a copy of his dissertation Mousavian was the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran s National Measure Council - according to his Princeton webpage 'NOTHING WOULD REMAIN' IRAN'S PRESIDENT VOWS TO TOTALLY DESTROY ISRAEL IF IT LAUNCHES TINIEST INVASION Gary Hughes a spokesman for the University of Kent recounted Fox News Digital Details protection principle also means that neither myself nor any other colleague across the University can disclose personal material about this or any other current or former attendee He mentioned the university s Freedom of Information FOI office can answer the request The FOI office denied a request and later reported after Fox News Digital appealed that We are currently conducting an internal review in relation to your request A British-Iranian man sought to obtain Mousavian s Ph D in January according to email correspondence obtained by Fox News Digital Kent University s Open Research club wrote in one email I am afraid we have no record of Mr Seyed Hossein Mousavian's thesis in the library catalogue Fox News Digital searches for Mousavian s Ph D in American British and German academic databases displayed no results The Swedish-Iranian author Iraj Mesdaghi reported Fox News Digital that he sought to obtain Mousavian s Ph D in The University of Kent declined to produce it Mesdaghi wrote about the great lengths he went to in order to secure access to Mousavian s alleged Ph D on his website including contact with the FOI office Shirley M Tilghman the former president of Princeton University when Mousavian was hired in declined to answer a press query about whether she vetted Mousavian and his alleged Ph D Fox News Digital press queries regarding Cruz s comment to the Department of Schooling the U S State Department and Leo Terrell who heads the Trump administration s task force on antisemitism were not forthwith answered Fox News Digital reporter Louis Casiano contributed to this description