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

EXCLUSIVE – 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 recent 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 security and nuclear policy specialist at the university, is under pressure on many 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 told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement.
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Students, some faculty and outsiders gathered on the lawns outside the Princeton chapel to protest Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, April 25, 2024. (Mary Ann Koruth / Imagn)
Fox News Digital previously reported that Mousavian expressed support for the U.S.-designated terrorist movements, Hamas and Hezbollah, and appeared to pay tribute to the global Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani in 2020 when he attended his funeral.
President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike to eliminate Soleimani in January 2020 for his role in the murders of over 600 American military personnel in the Middle East and his planning of new terrorist attacks.
Mousavian has declined to renounce his support 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 student protest encampment against Israel last year. The Iran-backed Hezbollah was responsible for a 1983 bombing that murdered 241 U.S. military members in Beirut.
Maximillian Meyer, president of Princeton Tigers for Israel, and an undergraduate at the university, told 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.»
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Seyed Hossein Mousavian, , who was then head of the Iranian delegation, speaks to journalists at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Nov. 29, 2004 in Vienna. Mousavian is presently a Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton. (Robert Newald/AFP via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital first reported in November 2023 that the House Committee on Education and the Workforce launched an investigation 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 found «served as the ‘headquarters’ for the planning of the 1992 assassination of four Iranian dissidents at the Greek restaurant Mykonos in Berlin.»
However, the former Iranian ambassador previously told Fox News Digital that «This accusation is a big lie,» and «The 398-page verdict is published, and everyone can have access to it. The Berlin court verdict does not contain any direct or indirect allegations against me. German authorities 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 told the Berlin court during the Mykonos trial, «Mousavian participated in most 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.

Sen. Ted Cruz talks with reporters. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Meyer, the Princeton undergraduate student, said, «Anyone who has served in senior roles for the repressive Islamic Republic of Iran poses a clear threat to American national security. His continued employment at Princeton is a damning indictment of the anti-Americanism festering within so-called ‘elite’ institutions.»
Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber, who recently said 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 recently reported 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 statement to Fox News Digital over the incident, Eisgruber said he was «appalled» at reports of antisemitic language used during Bennett’s visit. He added, «Such behavior is reprehensible and intolerable. The University is investigating and will pursue disciplinary measures as appropriate, to the extent any members of the Princeton University community are implicated.»

Christopher Eisgruber, president of Princeton University, during an interview in New York, on Oct 11, 2023. (Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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 1,200 people, including more than 40 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.
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Rabbi 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, asked Eisgruber in a statement 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 asked, in the context of the reported 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»?

Anti-Israel protesters at Princeton disrupt a speech by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. (Max Meyer/X)
Cooper said 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 2002, were willing to produce a copy of his dissertation.
Mousavian was the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security Council (1997-2005), according to his Princeton webpage.
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An aerial shot of anti-Israel protesters at Princeton. (WTXF)
Gary Hughes, a spokesman for the University of Kent, told Fox News Digital, «Data protection principle also means that neither myself nor any other colleague across the University can disclose personal data about this or any other current or former student.»
He said the university’s Freedom of Information (FOI) office can answer the request. The FOI office denied a request and later said 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 team 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 showed no results.
The Swedish-Iranian author Iraj Mesdaghi told Fox News Digital that he sought to obtain Mousavian’s Ph.D. in 2013. 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 2009, declined to answer a press query about whether she vetted Mousavian and his alleged Ph.D.
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Fox News Digital press queries regarding Cruz’s comment to the Department of Education, the U.S. State Department and Leo Terrell, who heads the Trump administration’s task force on antisemitism, were not immediately answered.
Fox News Digital reporter Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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El riesgo mortal de buscar comida en Gaza

Un mes después de la puesta en marcha de un nuevo sistema de ayuda a Gaza respaldado por Israel, llegar a los centros de distribución fuertemente vigilados se ha convertido en una tarea que pone en peligro la vida de los palestinos, lo que dificulta los esfuerzos para llevar alimentos suficientes a una población hambrienta.
La violencia mortal ha estallado con frecuencia en los accesos a los centros de ayuda, la mayoría de ellos en el sur de Gaza. El Ministerio de Salud de Gaza dijo el miércoles que cientos de personas han muerto en el último mes cerca de los puntos de distribución, que están gestionados por contratistas de seguridad estadounidenses y vigilados por tropas israelíes estacionadas en las inmediaciones.
En otra iniciativa de ayuda que también se ha visto envuelta en el caos, las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales han estado distribuyendo pequeñas cantidades de alimentos en el norte de Gaza. Según testigos, multitudes desesperadas han saqueado los camiones que transportaban harina y otros productos minutos después de su entrada en el enclave.
Jens Laerke, portavoz de la agencia de la ONU para la coordinación de asuntos humanitarios, describió los nuevos centros de distribución de ayuda como “trampas mortales” para los habitantes de Gaza.
“Gaza es el lugar más hambriento del mundo”, afirmó el miércoles. “Cuando conseguimos llevar algo, la población lo saquea inmediatamente. Ese es el nivel de desesperación”.

El nuevo sistema de ayuda, gestionado por la Fundación Humanitaria de Gaza, cuenta con unos pocos centros operativos, principalmente en el sur. Se puso en marcha después de que Israel bloqueara el envío de ayuda a Gaza durante casi tres meses, de marzo a mayo. Las restricciones a la entrada de ayuda se levantaron parcialmente el 19 de mayo.
Formaba parte de un esfuerzo por sustituir una operación de ayuda dirigida por las Naciones Unidas con cientos de puntos de distribución. Las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones de ayuda internacional han criticado el nuevo sistema, afirmando que la ayuda que distribuye es muy insuficiente y obliga a la población a caminar kilómetros en condiciones peligrosas para conseguir comida. Acusan a Israel de convertir la ayuda en un arma.
Testigos han informado en varias ocasiones de que las tropas israelíes abrieron fuego en los accesos a los nuevos centros de ayuda. El ejército israelí ha afirmado en repetidas ocasiones que sus fuerzas han disparado “tiros de advertencia” cuando la gente se acercaba a ellas de forma amenazante, según su descripción.
Las autoridades israelíes han afirmado que los centros del G.H.F. eran necesarios para permitir la entrega de ayuda sin que Hamás se beneficiara. Afirman que, en el pasado, Hamás se ha apoderado de gran parte de los alimentos y otras ayudas que llegan al territorio, quedándose con una parte para su propia población, vendiendo otra en el mercado negro y restringiendo el suministro a los habitantes de Gaza.
Francia condenó el martes lo que calificó de disparos israelíes contra civiles reunidos alrededor de un punto de distribución de ayuda en Gaza, afirmando que habían causado decenas de muertos y heridos.

El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja afirmó que había atendido a personas que habían recibido disparos el martes cerca de un centro de la Fundación Humanitaria de Gaza en la ciudad meridional de Rafah. La Cruz Roja indicó que su hospital de campaña en Rafah, cerca del centro de ayuda, había recibido a 149 pacientes tras el incidente, entre ellos 16 que fueron declarados muertos a su llegada y otros tres que fallecieron a causa de sus heridas. No fue posible verificar estas cifras de forma independiente.
El ejército israelí afirmó que “no tenía conocimiento del incidente en cuestión en el centro de distribución de ayuda de Rafah”.
La Fundación Humanitaria de Gaza no hizo comentarios específicos sobre ese incidente, pero ha afirmado que ha habido acusaciones falsas de ataques cerca de sus centros de distribución de ayuda y que los medios de comunicación internacionales han relacionado erróneamente sus operaciones con la violencia cerca de los convoyes de la ONU.
“En última instancia, la solución para poner fin a la violencia es más ayuda, lo que creará más certeza y menos urgencia”, afirmó en un comunicado. “Aún no hay capacidad ni alimentos suficientes para alimentar a todas las personas necesitadas en Gaza”.
El grupo hizo un llamamiento a las Naciones Unidas y a otras entidades para que colaboren con ellos.

Desde que la Fundación Humanitaria de Gaza comenzó a distribuir ayuda a mediados de mayo, la Cruz Roja ha afirmado que su hospital de campaña en Rafah ha activado “procedimientos para víctimas en masa” en 20 ocasiones.
“Condenamos con la máxima firmeza el hecho de que, desde hace un mes, cada día haya personas heridas y muertas mientras intentan conseguir alimentos de urgencia en una zona de guerra”, declaró el jueves Christian Cardon, portavoz jefe de la Cruz Roja.
En una declaración separada el lunes, el jefe del comando sur del ejército israelí defendió la importancia de continuar la guerra de Gaza, que se inició para aplastar a Hamás después de que este liderara el ataque del 7 de octubre de 2023 contra Israel.
“No podemos tolerar a Hamás aquí”, dijo el comandante, el general de división Yaniv Asor. “No pondremos fin a esta guerra hasta que se haya eliminado la amenaza”.
En los últimos meses, las conversaciones de alto el fuego entre Israel y Hamás han fracasado repetidamente.
Un punto clave es la permanencia del alto el fuego. Hamás ha insistido en un fin definitivo de la guerra en Gaza. Pero el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, ha rechazado esa demanda, alegando que primero deben desmantelarse las capacidades militares y de gobierno de Hamás.
El miércoles, funcionarios israelíes señalaron que querían cambiar los procedimientos para que los camiones afiliados a las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales entraran en el norte de Gaza. Netanyahu y el ministro de Defensa, Israel Katz, afirmaron que Hamás estaba tomando el control de la ayuda que entraba en el norte de Gaza y la estaba robando a los civiles.
Los dos líderes israelíes dijeron que habían ordenado al ejército “presentar en un plazo de 48 horas un plan de acción para impedir que Hamás tome el control de la ayuda”.
El organismo del Ministerio de Defensa israelí que supervisa la entrega de ayuda a Gaza dijo que 71 camiones con alimentos, harina, medicinas y otros suministros entraron en Gaza el martes, después de que se tomaran medidas para garantizar que la ayuda no cayera en manos de Hamás.
Aunque el hambre sigue siendo generalizada en Gaza, hay indicios de que los alimentos están empezando a estar algo más disponibles tras un mes de flujos de ayuda.
El G.H.F. ha afirmado que ha distribuido más de 800 000 cajas de ayuda alimentaria desde que comenzó sus operaciones, incluidas casi 40 000 el jueves.
World Central Kitchen, la organización benéfica creada por el famoso chef José Andrés, dijo esta semana que había reanudado sus operaciones en Gaza tras una pausa de siete semanas.
Las Naciones Unidas afirmaron que Gaza seguía enfrentándose a una hambruna catastrófica y que más de 20 meses de suministros insuficientes habían acumulado un déficit.
“Las familias de Gaza están arriesgando sus vidas para acceder a los alimentos, y casi a diario se registran víctimas mortales cuando la gente intenta llegar a los suministros”, la agencia humanitaria de la ONU en un informe publicado el jueves. “La mayoría de las familias sobreviven con una sola comida al día, de escaso valor nutricional, mientras que los adultos se saltan habitualmente las comidas para dar prioridad a los niños, los ancianos y los enfermos, en medio de un hambre y una desesperación cada vez más profundas”.
Ahmad Samier Kafina, de Nuseirat, en el centro de Gaza, dijo que había arriesgado su vida tres veces para ir a un punto de distribución de ayuda en el centro de Gaza porque su familia extendida dependía de él para encontrar comida.
El Sr. Kafina dijo que cada vez había salido del lugar donde vivía su familia alrededor de la medianoche y había caminado durante 45 minutos hacia el lugar, a menudo en compañía de vecinos y parientes porque se sentía más seguro en grupo. Solo una vez había conseguido un poco de comida, pero dijo que se había enfrentado a disparos.
“Allí vi la muerte”, dijo.
Dijo que temía una estampida y que había visto a personas entre la multitud utilizando instrumentos afilados para robar comida a quienes la habían conseguido. A pesar de los riesgos, dijo, no tenía otra opción.
“No tenemos otra fuente de alimento”.
(C) The New York Times.-
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Dem senator accuses top Trump official of being responsible for ‘hundreds of thousands of children dying’

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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., accused Trump Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought of being responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children due to the budget cuts he has overseen under the Trump administration.
Vought faced a high-intensity grilling from both Democratic and GOP senators in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday over a package of proposed budget cuts – called a rescissions package – the administration sent to the legislative branch earlier this month.
Democratic committee members, as well as some Republicans, appeared very frustrated with the administration over the proposed cuts. At one point during the hearing, several protesters stood and began shouting, causing the proceedings to briefly come to a halt. It was unclear what the protesters were objecting to.
While Vought claimed that the administration’s cuts to USAID and PEPFAR have not halted lifesaving treatment, Merkley asserted that the claim is a «huge deception.»
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In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington. Right: President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is sworn in during the Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing in the Dirksen Senate Building on Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images and AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
According to Merkley, a Boston University School of Public Health study claims that some 246,000 children have died due to the various foreign aid programs cut by DOGE.
«We are talking a quarter million children because of your irresponsible shutdown of programs that Congress had fully authorized, and you unconstitutionally shut down in partnership with Elon Musk and the Secretary of State,» fired Merkley. «How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of children dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs?»
Vought soundly rejected the assertion, saying that every administration «has the ability to do a programmatic review when they come into office» and to make changes based on «new spending priorities.»
Before he could finish, Merkley cut Vought off, saying, «I find your response both ignorant and callous.»
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An American flag and USAID flag fly outside the USAID building in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb.1, 2025. (REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon)
«You chose to shut down programs in the middle that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of children dying in the last few months. I find that abhorrent, and few Americans have ever had such a devastating and disastrously impact,» Merkley exclaimed.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., also confronted Vought, accusing the administration of trying to illegally maneuver around Congress to make its cuts, which she said undermine American interests abroad.
«Will you tell us specifically where, the Philippines, Pacific islands, Jordan, you’re planning to undermine American interests?» she asked, to which Vought responded: «Of course not. We’ve been very clear in all the administration’s priorities that all of our commitments with regard to Jordan and Egypt are maintained.»
Before Vought could finish, Murray cut in again, saying, «I assume you’re unwilling to share which humanitarian crisis this administration plans to walk away with, which is what we would be voting on, and that is critical information.»
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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., was among Appropriations Committee Democrats who challenged Vought on DOGE cuts and their impact. (Jacquelyn Martin)
But it wasn’t just Democrats taking Vought to task during the hearing.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, also voiced frustration over the Trump administration’s DOGE cuts, taking particular issue with cuts to public broadcasting, which she said plays an important emergency services role in her state.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., also voiced objections to the cuts to foreign aid, which he said were opportunities to project American soft power.
«Instead of creating efficiency, you’ve created vacuums for adversaries like China to fill responsible investments in soft power, prevent conflict, preserve American influence, and save countless of lives at the same time,» said McConnell.
For his part, Vought said that «it is critical that this body and the American people writ large, understand that many foreign aid programs use benevolent-sounding titles to hide truly appalling activity that is not in line with American interests.»
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OMB Director Russell Vought, shown here from a Jan. 2025 confirmation hearing, was subject to some critical questions by Republican Sens. Murkowski and McConnell at an Appropriations Committee hearing held Wednesday, June 26. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
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Vought said the «entire federal government must be responsible with each taxpayer dollar that comes to Washington.»
«The American people voted for change. President Trump stands ready to put our fiscal house back in order and put the American taxpayer first,» he said, adding, «A vote for rescissions is a vote to show that the United States Senate is serious about getting our fiscal house in order. I hope that the Senate will join us in that fight.»
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