Yale Terminates Contract of Legal Scholar From Iran With Alleged Ties to Terrorism
“Over the last three weeks Yale has repeatedly requested to meet with Doutaghi and her attorney to obtain clarifying information and resolve this matter.”
We covered this woman’s story last week. Apparently, she didn’t want to cooperate with the investigation.
BREAKING: Yale Law School has terminated Helyeh Doutaghi, a research scholar who was alleged to have ties to Samidoun, a terrorist organization.
She refused to cooperate with the investigation:
“Over the last three weeks, Yale has repeatedly requested to meet with Ms. Doutaghi… pic.twitter.com/AOD9ZUHGZW
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) March 29, 2025
The College Fix reports:
Yale terminates scholar’s contract for alleged ties to terrorist organization
Yale Law School has terminated the contract of research scholar Helyeh Doutaghi over alleged ties to a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Samidoun.
The Buckley Beacon independent student newspaper reported Friday that the move comes after she was put on administrative leave March 5.
Alden Ferro, a spokesperson for Yale Law School, told the Beacon: “Over the last three weeks Yale has repeatedly requested to meet with Doutaghi and her attorney to obtain clarifying information and resolve this matter. Unfortunately, she has refused to meet to provide any responses to critical questions, including whether she has ever engaged in prohibited activity with organizations or individuals who were placed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list (‘SDN list’).”
“As a result of her refusal to cooperate with this investigation, Ms. Doutaghi’s employment with Yale — which was set to expire this April — has been terminated effective immediately.”
The terror-ties allegations were first reported by the Jewish Onliner on March 2 and quickly picked up by the Beacon.
Doutaghi had been a deputy director of the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale Law School since Sep 2023. Her position was set to expire shortly.
The U.S. Treasury Department stated that Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a “sham charity that serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization” in a 2024 news release designating the group as a terror organization.
Doutaghi was identified by Samidoun itself as a “doctoral student of international law and a member of the international Samidoun network” in a July 2022 article.
On March 17, a petition was launched in Doutaghi’s defense, accusing Yale of unfairly railroading her based on anonymous, AI-researched allegations. It has more than 1,000 signatures thus far from professors in the U.S. and Canada.
“Dr. Doutaghi is an internationally recognized and published scholar of international law, political economy, and armed conflict. She completed her PhD in Legal Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) in 2024,” the petition states.
“Her PhD Thesis examined the origin, mechanisms, and effects of US and international sanctions against Iran. Throughout her studies, she has always advocated for the rights and self-determination of oppressed people, including Palestinians,” it states.
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No longer employed. She is gone.
It was stupid of her not to at least talk to Yale who would have sympathized with her, She facilitated her own ejection.
Why was she brought on in the first place? Must we import EVERYTHING?
The demand for Muslim cultural saboteurs greatly exceeds the domestic supply.
Because the left can’t get Castro or Stalin so they go for this as their fetish theater.
So what’s her immigration status??
Mae alsalama