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Exclusive: Congress probes Oberlin College prof. with links to Iranian regime
Fox News ^ | 28 September 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal

Posted on 10/04/2022 11:19:47 AM PDT by Steely Tom

"Just this month Oberlin had to pay $36 million for defaming a local bakery with false accusations of racism. Oberlin has a track record of politically motivated dishonesty and can’t be trusted to give an honest assessment of Mahallati’s past. Our concerns have nothing to do with academic freedom or unorthodox views—they’re about Mahallati’s past and his apparent leading role in covering up the Iranian regime’s atrocities. I’d like to thank Ranking Member Foxx for her commitment to investigating higher education’s ties to hostile foreign regimes when Republicans retake the majority, "Republican Study Committee Chairman Banks told Fox News Digital.

The congressional letter stated "Mr. Mahallati’s connections with one of America’s chief adversaries are not a secret. Indeed, Mr. Mahallati served as Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations from 1987 to 1989. During his tenure, the Iranian government carried out a systematic extermination of political prisoners and other dissidents. While estimates differ on the number of those killed, Human Rights Watch estimated that the deaths range between about 2,800 and 4,500. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Canada’s parliament labeled these mass killings as crimes against humanity."

Mahallati denied the 1988 massacre as "nothing but propaganda" and "fake information."

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1 posted on 10/04/2022 11:19:47 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Mahallati served as Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations from 1987 to 1989. During his tenure, the Iranian government carried out a systematic extermination of political prisoners and other dissidents... Mahallati denied the 1988 massacre as "nothing but propaganda" and "fake information."
What's his FR nick?

2 posted on 10/04/2022 11:27:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Steely Tom

What about our esteemed FBI?


3 posted on 10/04/2022 12:07:22 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Steely Tom

That’s where they started the whole coeducation thing.


4 posted on 10/04/2022 1:17:42 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: Steely Tom

Just thank God he’s not one of those MAGA people.


5 posted on 10/04/2022 2:41:38 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Infiltration much?


6 posted on 10/06/2022 8:00:42 AM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Conservat1

At Oberlin? How near-fetched!


7 posted on 10/06/2022 9:01:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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He previously lived in Boston, is associated with Trite Parsi and NIAC, etc.


8 posted on 02/23/2023 2:58:58 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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