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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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Reporter’s Notebook : A ‘Letter’ To Zelesnkyy Re The Peace Plan

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Having covered Ukraine … and Russia … for over three decades, especially the war between the two countries for the last several years, I’ve naturally been fascinated by the latest Trump administration effort to broker peace.
The reaction I’ve been getting from contacts in Ukraine to the 28-point plan to end the war is not all that positive.
«It’s not worth the paper it’s written on,» said one observer.
«Any deal would have to include Ukraine…and Europe,» noted another.
The overall consensus of analysts is that the document is slanted heavily towards Moscow. The man at the center of things, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has been diplomatic in various statements, basically saying he’s «reviewing the points» aiming at arriving at a «dignified peace.»
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot in Kyiv, Ukraine, in April 2024, during coverage of the ongoing war with Russia. (Fox News)
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There are all sorts of talks happening now between the U.S. and Ukraine and among European leaders. We’re even hearing from Russian President Vladmimir Putin. It’s no wonder: The stakes in this war for Europe and the world are enormous. If I were to send a quick note to Zelenskyy, it would go something like this:
Dear Volodymyr,
So far so good. You haven’t freaked out, and you’re promising to engage. Rejection of this plan out of hand would have been a non-starter.
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You’re staying cool (though a bit grim and determined), and you’re talking to people.
My overall advice is … pick your fights, don’t sweat the small stuff, and keep the big picture in mind.
I know what your country is going through. Every time I’m in Kyiv, I go to the same military cemetery outside the city, and it keeps getting bigger and bigger and sadder.
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So, as to the points of the plan: There are a lot easy «gimmes» to Russia. Re-joining the G-8. Gradual dropping of sanctions. Granting of amnesty for everything Russian troops have done. I know this stuff is going to stick in your craw, but little of it affects your country’s future.

Memorial flags and photos commemorate fallen Ukrainian soldiers amid the ongoing war with Russia. (Fox News)
I mentioned that you shouldn’t «sweat the small stuff.» Some of the points might sound like a big deal. Like prohibiting «Nazi ideology» in Ukraine. And adopting «EU rules on religious tolerance and linguistic minorities.» That’s pretty much window-dressing for Moscow. Having the Russian language and Russian church regain official status is not horrendous.
In fact, the plan’s glass is at least one-third full for you guys. Confirming your sovereignty. Russia expected not to invade you again. You will receive reliable security guarantees. Rebuilding pledges and humanitarian promises. They are all good. Just nail down the specifics. Get all sides to commit for sure.
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Now to three of the points which cross, according to analysts, your red line.
Like handing over the rest of the eastern Donetsk region to Russia even though Moscow’s troops haven’t even taken it. The region is referred to as a demilitarized zone in the plan. A «DMZ» ala the divider between North and South Korea. Well, hold them to that. No troops from either side. Tough security on both sides. A neutral body running things. And see if you can get them to not call it Russian!
Then there’s the reduction by a third of your military. Troop strength limited to 600,000. That’s a huge cut, but it’s still not a bad-sized force. That is if…it was properly trained, well-armed, and finely-positioned. Guarantees are needed for all of this to happen.

Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot reports live from Kyiv, Ukraine, as the U.S. House approves a long-stalled aid package for Ukraine. (Fox News)
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And then there’s the other red line : No NATO troops in Ukraine. That would seem to scupper the plan to have foreign peace-keepers on the ground, which has been in the works, to monitor the peace. A possible compromise? They’re stationed around Ukraine’s borders, surveillance keeps a close eye on things and rapid-response forces are at the ready.
There are also a few gimmes for the U.S. in all this, like sharing in the profits of reconstruction. But that’s the price of doing business with President Trump.
As for that Thanksgiving deadline to sign the deal? The president has already signaled he’s willing to let that slide if there’s talking.
And that other deadline? One-hundred days until a new election? I know it’s a tough time for you politically with those corruption charges getting near. It might be something you have to live with.
Anyway, for what it’s worth, that’s my take.
Negotiations will probably sink on any hard discussion of any of these main points. But you know what the old adage is : «jaw-jaw» is better than «war-war.»
For the proud people of Ukraine, who have suffered so much during this time, it’s worth your best shot.
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Greg
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FAA warns airlines about flying over Venezuela: ‘Potentially hazardous situation’

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The Federal Aviation Administration warned airlines about flying over Venezuela as it issued a notice urging them to «exercise caution» due to the «potentially hazardous situation» in the region.
The advisory comes as the U.S. has significantly increased its military presence across the Caribbean under U.S. Southern Command, deploying bombers, warships and Marines as part of an expanded campaign targeting drug-trafficking and so-called «narco-terrorist» networks operating near Venezuela.
«Operators are advised to exercise caution when operating in the Maiquetia flight information region at all altitudes due to the worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around Venezuela,» the FAA advisory said.
«Threats could pose a potential risk to aircraft at all altitudes, including during overflight, the arrival and departure phases of flight, and/or airports and aircraft on the ground,» it added, requesting airlines to provide at least 72-hour advance notice to the FAA if they plan to fly through the area.
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Members of Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard stand in formation as they carry out an increased security patrol along Lake Maracaibo amid rising tensions between Venezuela and the U.S., in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on Oct. 26, 2025. (Isaac Urrutia/Reuters)
Direct flights from U.S. passenger and cargo carriers to Venezuela have been suspended since 2019, but some airlines still fly over the country on their South American routes, according to Reuters.
It added that American Airlines said Friday it stopped flying over Venezuela in October, while Delta Air Lines said it stopped «a while ago.»
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A coast guard boat of the Venezuelan Navy operates off the Caribbean coast on Sept. 11, 2025. (Juan Carlos Hernandez/Reuters)
«Since September 2025, there has been an increase in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) interference in the Maiquetia Flight Information Region (SVZM FIR), as well as activity associated with increasing Venezuela military readiness,» the FAA also said.
«Some civil aircraft recently reported GNSS interference while transiting the SVZM FIR, which, in some cases, caused lingering effects throughout the flight. GNSS jammers and spoofers can affect aircraft out to 250 nautical miles and can impact a wide variety of critical communication, navigation, surveillance, and safety equipment on aircraft,» the FAA continued.

The USS Gravely, a U.S. Navy warship, departs Port of Spain on Oct. 30, 2025. The warship arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Oct. 26, 2025, for joint exercises near the coast of Venezuela, as Washington ratcheted up pressure on drug traffickers and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. (Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images)
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«Additionally, since early September, Venezuela has conducted multiple military exercises and directed the mass mobilization of thousands of military and reserve forces. While Venezuela has at no point expressed an intent to target civil aviation, the Venezuelan military possesses advanced fighter aircraft and multiple weapons systems capable of reaching or exceeding civil aircraft operating altitudes, as well as potential low-altitude risk from man-portable air defense systems and anti-aircraft artillery,» it also warned.
Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
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Golpes, latigazos y abusos: mujeres encarceladas por Al Asad en Siria cuentan los horrores que vivieron

Era noviembre de 2014 y habían pasado tres años de una guerra civil que duraría otra década. Por aquel entonces, en Siria no hacía falta que una mujer luchara junto a los rebeldes que trataban de derrocar al dictador Bashar al Asad para ser arrojada en su sistema de encarcelamiento y tortura.
Bastaba con ser sospechosa de ser esposa o hija de un rebelde.
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El régimen de Al Asad trataba a las familias de sus supuestos enemigos como palanca de negociación, según expresos y grupos de vigilancia de la guerra. Se apoderaban de las mujeres para utilizarlas contra sus maridos, y de los niños para utilizarlos contra sus madres encarceladas. La gente se reúne para celebrar la destitución del presidente sirio Bashar al-Assad en Daraa en diciembre de 2024 (Foto: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)
Tamim, que entonces tenía 34 años y era madre de cinco hijos, era la esposa de un combatiente rebelde escondido en aquel momento. Recordaba que nevaba el día en que las autoridades la llevaron a ella y a sus hijos, que entonces tenían entre 2 y 14 años, a una prisión subterránea.
Las instalaciones estaban dirigidas por la Cuarta División Blindada, una unidad del ejército estrechamente vinculada a la familia Al Asad. Tamim estuvo detenida seis meses.
De vuelta a casa, en la remota aldea de Afrin, en el noroeste de Siria, habló recientemente con The New York Times. Vive allí con su marido, excombatiente rebelde, y con el menor de sus hijos (ahora tienen siete).
Tamim fue una de las muchas exreclusas que se pusieron en contacto entre sí a través de un grupo de apoyo organizado por la Asociación de Personas Detenidas y Desaparecidas de la Prisión de Sednaya, la cárcel de peor reputación de Siria.
Desaparición y torturas
Las mujeres describieron cómo las autoridades se las llevaban, a menudo sin acusación formal ni juicio adecuado, y las hacían desaparecer durante meses o más, con o sin sus hijos, en un abismo de tortura física y psicológica. Mujeres e hios de sospechosos de ser rebeldes (Foto: Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
Algunas dijeron que todavía seguían en la lucha por reconstruir sus familias y sus vidas.
El primer día que Tamim estuvo detenida, dijo que los interrogadores le exigieron saber dónde estaba su marido. Cuando se negó a contestar, le golpearon la frente contra la mesa hasta que la sangre le corrió por el rostro y llegó a su boca.
Luego la llevaron a una celda diminuta y helada, donde la esperaban sus hijos. Tamim, al igual que otras exreclusas, describió cómo la llevaron a la celda a través de un laberinto de dispositivos de tortura: una silla eléctrica, cadenas que colgaban del techo. Era una amenaza no tan sutil de lo que le esperaba si no revelaba la información que querían.
Al día siguiente, dijo, los interrogadores la acusaron de contrabandear armas y la golpearon hasta que se desmayó. Shaimaa, su hija mayor, que entonces tenía 11 años, dijo que recordaba haber oído los gritos de su madre y haber visto sus magulladuras.
El tercer día fue peor.
Tras azotar a Tamim con un tubo verde de PVC, dijo que los interrogadores la obligaron a ver cómo golpeaban a sus hijos. Primero fue su hijo Baraa, de 14 años. Cuando él se desmayó, fue Shaimaa, quien dijo que los interrogadores utilizaron el mismo tubo con ella.
Después de eso, dijo Tamim, accedió a admitir cualquier cosa. La violencia cesó.
Niños separados de sus padres
Su cautiverio continuó durante más de seis meses, la mayor parte en Al Jatib, la prisión de Damasco de una rama de la inteligencia militar. Al cabo de unas semanas, dijo Tamim, los funcionarios se llevaron a sus tres hijos menores a un orfanato gestionado por el gobierno y le dijeron que no volvería a verlos. Baraa fue trasladado a la prisión de hombres adyacente.
Como documentó una reciente investigación del Times, el gobierno de Al Asad separó por la fuerza a cientos de niños de sus padres y los internó en orfanatos, muchos de ellos con identidades falsas.
Los hijos de los detenidos pueden estar entre quienes acabaron en los orfanatos, sin que se conozca su verdadera identidad.
Algunas mujeres describieron haber sido detenidas y separadas de sus familias incluso durante los últimos meses del régimen.
Meses y hasta años detenidas
Sabah Harmoush, que ahora tiene 37 años, dijo que la detuvieron en marzo del año pasado, solo nueve meses antes de que los rebeldes derrocaran a Al Asad. Su marido y los hermanos de este se habían unido a los rebeldes.
Sus hijos, de entre 4 y 13 años, fueron detenidos con ella, así como su suegra, Houda Mohammed Ajami, de 57 años.
Llevaron a la familia a la prisión de Mezzeh, en Damasco. Durante los interrogatorios, les propinaron patadas, latigazos y puñetazos, dijo Ajami, y añadió que Harmoush sufrió las palizas más duras.
Al cabo de 20 días, sus hijos estaban tan hambrientos y les repugnaba tanto la comida de la prisión que masticaban sus zapatillas, y los trasladaron a un orfanato, dijo Harmoush.
Su suegra, que se estaba recuperando de una intervención quirúrgica cuando la familia fue detenida, dijo que después sufrió un ataque al corazón y la llevaron a un hospital. A ella y a su nuera las trasladaron a otra prisión.
Cesaron las palizas, y las dos mujeres fueron juzgadas por terrorismo.
Ajami pasó un total de cuatro meses en prisión. Harmoush fue devuelta a la prisión de Mezzeh y solo escapó cuando cayó el régimen en diciembre.
Dijo que se reunió con sus hijos poco después. Los dos más pequeños no la reconocieron.
Algunas mujeres fueron encarceladas en varias ocasiones
Mayada Alshamali, de 51 años, esposa de un rebelde del suburbio damasceno de Douma, dijo que la habían detenido dos veces. La primera vez fue en 2013 y duró siete meses. Seis de sus siete hijos fueron detenidos con ella. Su otro hijo, que entonces tenía 11 años, fue retenido por separado.
Volvió a ser detenida en 2015 durante dos años y medio, separada de su hijo de dos meses cuando ella aún lo estaba amamantando.
Varias mujeres describieron condiciones extremadamente duras en Al Jatib.
Iman al Diab, que ahora tiene 40 años, dijo que pasó allí dos años. Fue detenida en Damasco en 2014 tras convertirse en activista política anti-Asad. Su marido, que había sido soldado del ejército de Al Asad, había desertado y se había pasado a los rebeldes, por lo que fue encarcelado.
Sus tres hijos pequeños se quedaron con los padres de su esposo.
Dormir para soñar con los hijos
Al Diab dijo que la habían recluido con otras decenas de mujeres en una sola celda, tan abarrotada que se turnaban para estar de pie y tumbadas, estrechamente acurrucadas, sobreviviendo. Otras seis mujeres permanecieron encarceladas con ella mientras otras iban y venían.
Una de las mujeres encarceladas con ella, Azab, dijo que no había acceso a instalaciones de baño, que la luz fluorescente era constante y que dormían poco. Pidió que la identificaran solo por su nombre de pila por temor a represalias.
Las mujeres que fueron liberadas o trasladadas dejaron su ropa interior y pijamas para las que se quedaron, dijo Al Diab. Ella y Azab dijeron que se encontraban entre las al menos 15 mujeres que se sumaron a una huelga de hambre.
Al Diab dijo que la ataron, la torturaron con descargas eléctricas y la golpearon tanto que aún se estremece al recordarlo. Su única salvación era dormir.
“Dormíamos solo para ver a nuestros hijos en sueños”, dijo.
Azab dijo que tardó un año desde su liberación en localizar a sus hijos, quienes vivían con su exmarido. El más joven no la reconoció.
En cuanto a Tamim, ella y su hijo Baraa fueron liberados en mayo de 2015 como parte de un acuerdo de intercambio. Los rebeldes entregaron los cadáveres de cuatro oficiales de alto rango del régimen y unos 12.000 dólares estadounidenses, según su esposo, quien dijo que había ayudado a negociar el intercambio.
Esa noche, Tamim y Baraa se dirigieron a un orfanato para recoger a sus otros hijos. Cuando llegaron, dijo, oyó las tres voces y vio a sus hijos corriendo a abrazarla.
El más pequeño, Mugheira –quien tenía menos de 3 años cuando los detuvieron– echó los brazos al cuello de Tamim, la miró a los ojos y le preguntó: “¿Eres mi mamá?”.
No la soltó.
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