The daughter of one of Iran’s most powerful officials was quietly ousted from her position at Emory University following a wave of public outrage over her employment, The California Post confirmed.
Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, an assistant professor at Emory’s prestigious Winship Cancer Institute, is no longer employed by the prestigious Atlanta-based school, a university spokesperson said Sunday.
Ardeshir-Larijani’s father, Ali Larijani, is a top dog in the Islamic Republic’s brutal regime, serving as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
“A physician who is the daughter of a senior Iranian government official is no longer an employee of Emory,” said Andrea Clement, a PR director at Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute.
Pressure had been building for Ardeshir-Larijani to be canned — and possibly deported from the US — in light of Iran’s bloody crackdown on protesters that began in late December.
Pressure to address Ardeshir-Larijani’s immigration and employment status gained steam after nearly 100,000 people signed an online petition that called on the US government to immediately deport her.
The heat on Emory intensified when furious demonstrators descended on the medical center on Jan. 19, waving signs that read, “Did you know Iran terror chief’s daughter is your co-worker?”
Republican Georgia Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter fired off a letter to Emory and the Georgia Medical Board demanding Ardeshir-Larijani be fired and stripped of her medical license.
“Her ties to the largest state sponsor of terrorism are unacceptable and serve only to erode patient safety, public trust, and national security,” Carter wrote on X Jan. 22.
Ardeshir-Larijani reportedly scored a green card in 2021 under then-President Joe Biden’s administration.
While his daughter was living the American dream, treating patients and researching developmental therapeutics from Atlanta, Larijani was allegedly terrorizing the people of Tehran and labeling the US the “Great Satan.”
He’s been slapped with US sanctions for being “one of the first Iranian leaders to call for violence in response to the legitimate demands of the Iranian people.”
The university has maintained that its hiring practices complied with federal law, but later removed Ardeshir-Larijani’s faculty page from the Emory website.
School officials characterized the situation as a “personnel matter” and declined request for further comment.
It marked a major win for activists who have spent weeks demanding to know why the scion of a regime that chants “death to America” was allowed to collect a taxpayer-funded paycheck in the heart of Georgia.
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After inquiries from The Post, the White House said it was “reviewing’’ the immigration situation of Iranians who gained benefits under the Biden administration.
The situation unfolded as President Donald Trump announced that an American “armada” was headed to Iran amid the ongoing crisis.
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