Posted on 03/17/2025 4:26:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A Brown University assistant professor and doctor was deported over the weekend from Boston to Lebanon after federal agents found photos of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran’s supreme leader on her cell phone, a source familiar with the case told CNN.
Following Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s return Thursday from a visit to Lebanon, federal agents at Boston Logan International Airport found the photos, the source familiar said. It was not immediately clear why officers were examining her phone.
The existence of the photos was outlined in a court filing Monday obtained by CNN affiliate WCVB. “In explaining why these multiple photos were deleted by her one to two days before she arrived at Logan Airport, Dr. Alawieh stated that she did not want to give authorities the perception that she supports Hezbollah and the Ayatollah politically or militarily,” the filing reads, per WCVB.
“I think if you listen to one of his sermons, you would know what I mean,” Alawieh allegedly told the agents, according to WCVB’s copy of the filing. “He is a religious, spiritual person. As I said, he has very high value. His teachings are about spirituality and morality.”
Alawieh, 34, acknowledged to federal agents she attended Nasrallah’s February 23 funeral – a public event attended by thousands – during her visit, said the source.
“Our client is in Lebanon, and we’re not going to stop fighting to get her back in the US to see her patients, and we’re also going to make sure that the government follows the rule of law,” Stephanie Marzouk, an attorney representing Alawieh’s family in a federal complaint fighting the deportation, told reporters Monday outside a Boston courthouse.
Alawieh described Nasrallah, who was killed last September by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, to the officers as a highly regarded religious leader...
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Reason number 150 why I dont go to Muslim doctors
Good riddance.
Have you gone to any?
Eff em all.
Has Boasberg ordered Trump to send AF1 to pick her up and bring her back?
Another H1B wonder.
Is this doctor just like the nurses in Australia who said they would kill Israeli and Jewish patients?
I didn’t know Muslims had funerals.
He was the leader of a recognized terrorist group - leader of the group that bombed US Marine barracks in 1983.
Lebanon needs doctors. She can work there.
My friend in London said it is almost impossible to avoid them in hospitals and private practice.
They need MDs in Lebanon and she is taking the spot of a US-born doctor. There was never a reason for her to have an H1-B visa so good thing it was revoked.
She won’t have to travel far for the next terrorist’s funeral.
They blow up so fast.
I notice that almost all the other stories about her case omit mention of Iran’s Ayatollah.
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