The detention of Hamideh Soleimani Afshar in Los Angeles—niece of the late IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani—is more than a tabloid headline. Following the federal revocation of her green card and the reported exit of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani from Emory Univer…
Tehran’s elite have no business having plum jobs in our universities
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, niece of late IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani, had her U.S. green card revoked and was detained in Los Angeles for alleged security threats. Iranian-linked individuals in academia, including Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, have been associated with potential espionage or influence operations in U.S. universities.