University of Tehran professor says protesters at US colleges will support Iran in American conflict

A University of Tehran professor said successful an question and reply that Iran likes seeing protests connected U.S. assemblage campuses, adding those are their supporters if location is ever a conflict betwixt nan 2 countries.

Professor Foad Izadi, who, according to nan University of Southern California Center connected Public Diplomacy, earned his master’s grade from nan University of Houston, was seen successful a video being interviewed astir nan protests successful nan U.S.

"Sooner aliases later, this benignant of support for nan Zionist authorities by nan American authorities will diminish. It mightiness not extremity completely, but its diminishing is important," he said. "This is why nan demonstrations [on U.S. campuses] are important."

Izadi said arsenic a personnel of nan Islamic Republic, and oftentimes said, "we," referring to him and nan republic.

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State troopers successful riot cogwheel effort to beak up an anti-Israel protestation astatine nan University of Texas connected Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Jay Janner/American-Statesman)

"We are watching nan demonstrations and for illustration what we see, but it should not extremity pinch this," Izadi said. "If not for nan Islamic Republic, nan lawsuit of nan Palestinian thought would person been closed years ago. The thought of guidance belongs to Iran, but connected nan operational level, erstwhile it comes to recruiting connections and building networks, nan [Iranian] authorities has not been progressive successful a capable level.

"These (American students) are our people," he continued. "If tensions betwixt America and Iran emergence tomorrow aliases nan time after, these are nan group who will person to return to nan streets to support Iran."

Izadi said location are Hezbollah-style groups successful nan U.S. that are overmuch larger than those successful Lebanon.

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"America is nan Great Satan and our main enemy, but we person dream successful these areas," he said.

Iran master and Foreign Desk Editor-in-Chief Lisa Daftari provided penetration connected Izadi’s comments.

"Quite rich | to spot nan aforesaid authorities that is fixated connected torturing, raping, blinding, executing its ain assemblage students, is applauding nan ignorant assemblage students connected American campuses," she said. "It speaks to their attraction connected increasing their power extracurricular of Iran."

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A protester holds a motion during a march connected Columbia University field successful support of a protestation encampment supporting Palestinians successful New York City, April 29, 2024.  (REUTERS/David Dee Delgado)

Daftari explained that Iran has been beefing up panic proxies successful nan region and paying their measurement into American universities.

But astatine nan aforesaid time, she said, nan Iranian group person suffered nether nan norm of their "barbaric" leaders.

After watching nan comments, Daftari besides said it was absorbing to perceive Izadi opportunity they person much Hezbollah followers successful nan U.S. than successful Lebanon.

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"Regardless of erstwhile these pro-Hamas protests quiet down present successful nan U.S., it’s evident nan authorities has its sights group connected manipulating this momentum to motorboat much attacks present successful nan West," she said. "The mobility past remains will they attraction connected a beingness onslaught aliases conscionable nan accusation war, aliases both?"