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Emory Dismisses Doctor Who is Daughter of Sanctioned Iranian Official
Emory University dismissed Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani following U.S. sanctions on her father for repressing protests; activists cited risks to patient trust and national security.
- On Jan. 24, Emory University School of Medicine Dean Sandra Wong announced that Dr. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, assistant professor in hematology and medical oncology, is no longer a University employee and her faculty pages were removed.
- Facing public protests and political pressure, Iranian-American demonstrators gathered outside Winship Cancer Institute, Emory, on Jan. 19, and U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter urged termination and license revocation on Jan. 22.
- The sanctions package, announced Jan. 15, targets Ali Larijani, Secretary, Iran's Supreme National Security Council, with nearly two dozen other officials and shadow banking networks, barring them from the U.S. financial system.
- Winship Cancer Institute called the case a `personnel matter` and Associate Director Andrea Clement said Emory hires in compliance with state and federal laws, committed to patient care.
- Protests that began in December have left at least 5,000 dead, more than 7,300 injured, and upwards of 26,800 detained, while Iranian authorities reported 3,117 fatalities and an internet shutdown for over two weeks amid economic collapse and skyrocketing inflation.
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US university fires daughter of top Iranian official Larijani
A university in the US has fired the daughter of top Iranian official Ali Larijani from her post amid calls for her dismissal, the university’s newspaper confirmed on Saturday. Dr. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, a cancer specialist and assistant professor at Emory University Medical School’s Department of Hematology and Oncology in Atlanta, Georgia, has now had her profile removed from the faculty’s page. It is believed that Dr. Ardeshir-Larijani wa…
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einnews.comDaughter of top Iranian official who led regime crackdown fired from US medical school
Following US sanctions on her father Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Khamenei, Atlanta's Emory University says Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani is no longer employed by the school
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