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‘Never Relent’: Trump Admin Strikes ISIS Targets In Syria

January 11, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by The Daily Caller

The Department of War (DOW) carried out airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Saturday afternoon.

CENTCOM, a unified combatant command of the DOW, wrote in a statement posted to X it conducted “large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria” at about 12:30 p.m. EST “alongside partner forces.”

“The strikes today targeted ISIS throughout Syria as part of our ongoing commitment to root out Islamic terrorism against our warfighters, prevent future attacks, and protect American and partner forces in the region. U.S. and coalition forces remain resolute in pursuing terrorists who seek to harm the United States,” CENTCOM wrote.

https://t.co/cfTSJ2Nety

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 10, 2026

“Our message remains strong: if you harm our warfighters, we will find you and kill you anywhere in the world, no matter how hard you try to evade justice,” CENTCOM added.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth replied to CENTCOM’s statement on X, simply writing, “We will never forget, and never relent.”

We will never forget, and never relent. https://t.co/bX4FVwSany

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) January 10, 2026

The Saturday operation marked the second time in weeks the U.S. launched strikes against the radical Islamic terror group in Syria.

At President Donald Trump’s direction, CENTCOM launched strikes Dec. 19 against over 70 ISIS targets across central Syria, marking the beginning of Operation Hawkeye Strike. The operation was a direct response to a Dec. 13 ISIS attack in Syria which killed two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian.

The terror group killed two Iowa National Guardsmen — Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29 — and a civilian interpreter in the Middle Eastern country.

“This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was “extremely angry and disturbed by this attack.”

“There will be very serious retaliation,” the president added.

The DOW referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to CENTCOM’s X post when contacted for comment.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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Anthony Iafrate

Associate Editor

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The Shattering of the Fear Barrier and the Dawn of a New Persian Era

January 10, 2026/in Culture War, Energy, Hot Topics, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Social Issues, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Amil Imani

The sun is setting on the Islamic Republic, and for the first time in nearly half a century, the shadows it casts are not lengthening — they are dissolving.

For the millions of Iranians scattered across the globe — from the bustling streets of Los Angeles and Toronto to the quiet suburbs of Paris and Berlin – the news of the current internet blackout and the deployment of the Revolutionary Guard’s heavy armor might feel like a repeating nightmare. But beneath the surface of the regime’s traditional “survival playbook” lies a terminal reality: the mechanisms of repression that once held the state together have finally stripped their gears.

WATCH: Shah Reza Pahlavi: Message addressed to the armed forces and security forces of Iran.

The Islamic Republic is not just facing a protest; it is facing the final, inevitable conclusion of a failed social contract. While the regime clings to power with the desperate white-knuckled grip of an entity that knows it has no “Plan B,” the momentum of history has shifted. For the Iranian diaspora, the dream of returning to a free, secular, and prosperous homeland is no longer a distant “someday” — it is a looming “soon.”

The primary tool of any autocracy is not the bullet, but the fear of the bullet. For decades, the regime maintained a facade of invincibility. However, the current uprising, born from a “survival crisis” of economic collapse and social suffocation, has achieved what was once thought impossible: the total evaporation of fear.

When a mother in Ahvaz or a student in Tehran stands before an armed Basiji member and refuses to move, the regime’s power evaporates in that instant. You cannot govern a population that no longer fears death because the state has already made life unlivable. The regime’s attempt to “hang on” via an internet blackout – a tactic used to hide the scale of their brutality – is no longer working. The news still leaks; the cries of “Azadi” (Freedom) still reach the satellites. The blackout is no longer a sign of control; it is a confession of weakness.

Every dictatorship rests on four pillars: economic stability, ideological legitimacy, a unified security apparatus, and geopolitical patronage. Today, all four pillars are in ruins.

Economically, the rial is a ghost currency. The “Bazaar” — the traditional heartbeat of the Iranian economy – has turned its back on the clerics. Ideologically, the regime is a hollow shell; even the children of the elite, the “Aghazadeh,” have abandoned the values of the 1979 revolution for Western lifestyles, revealing the hypocrisy at the core of the state.

Crucially, the security apparatus is fraying. History teaches us that regimes do not fall because of the protesters alone; they fall when the men with the guns decide they no longer want to kill their own sisters and neighbors. Reports of defections and “tactical retreats” by local police are the first cracks in the dam. When the regular army (the Artesh) eventually decides its oath is to the Iranian people rather than a dying ideology, the collapse will happen with breathtaking speed.

For years, the regime projected power outward to hide its rot inward. But the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the systematic dismantling of Hezbollah and Hamas have left the mullahs isolated. Their “strategic depth” has vanished. The billions of dollars once spent on foreign adventures are gone, and the Russian and Chinese “allies” are too preoccupied with their own geopolitical quagmires to save a sinking ship in Tehran.

The regime is now an island, surrounded by a population that views it as an occupying force.

WATCH: Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Calls for Coordinated Protests

To the doctors in London, the engineers in Silicon Valley, the artists in Stockholm, and the shopkeepers in Vancouver: the regime’s frantic attempts to hang on are the “extinction bursts” of a dying organism. They are burning the furniture to keep the house warm for one more night, but the house is already lost.

The fall of the regime will not be a singular event recorded in an afternoon; it will be a cascading series of failures that have already begun. The internet will come back on, and when it does, it will reveal a country that has moved past its captors.

The diaspora is the “Nation-in-Waiting.” You hold the capital, the skills, and the global connections that will be the oxygen for a New Iran. The regime wants you to feel hopeless, to believe that their brutality is eternal. They want you to see the blackout as a wall. Instead, see it as the curtain falling on a tragic play.

The transition will be challenging, yes. There will be scars to heal and a country to rebuild. But for the first time in forty-seven years, the trajectory is clear. The “Winter of the Patriarch” is ending. The Persian Spring, fueled by the unimaginable bravery of the youth inside Iran and the unwavering support of the diaspora outside, is inevitable.

Keep your passports ready. Keep your hearts open. The path to the airport – the flight back to Tehran, where the wind blows through the hair of free women and the calls for justice are finally answered – is being paved today by the very people the regime thinks it can silence.

They are hanging on by a thread, and the Iranian people have finally found the scissors. The homecoming is closer than you think.

Chinese Illegal Arrested For Filming Stealth Bombers Near U.S. Air Base

January 9, 2026/in Communism, Courts & Law, Culture War, Hot Topics, Marxism, National Security, News, Socialism/by The Daily Caller

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against an illegal immigrant from China accused of photographing sensitive military infrastructure near Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

A criminal complaint has been filed against Qilin Wu, a Chinese national who illegally entered the U.S. during the Biden administration, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri. Wu is charged with unlawfully photographing the military installation and military equipment without authorization.

The complaint follows a November 2025 investigation by the Daily Caller News Foundation that revealed Whiteman Air Force Base — one of the U.S. Air Force’s most critical installations — shares a perimeter fence with a foreign-owned trailer park linked to a convicted fraudster with ties to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence.

The investigation began on Dec. 2, 2025, when officials at Whiteman Air Force Base alerted the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) to a suspicious minivan parked near the base’s perimeter, according to the complaint. The vehicle was observed in close proximity to the installation that houses the B-2 Spirit aircraft.

Air Force security patrols were dispatched to the area and encountered Wu, who allegedly told officers he was there to observe the B-2 aircraft. Patrolmen informed him that photography and video recording of the base were prohibited.

The following day, AFOSI was notified that the same minivan had been spotted along the perimeter fence of the base. Agents responded and made contact with Wu, who admitted to recording videos of the B-2 aircraft and taking multiple photographs of the base’s perimeter fencing, a gate, and military equipment, the complaint states.

Wu also admitted that he had photographed another U.S. Air Force base and its aircraft, according to the complaint.

Federal authorities state that Wu is a Chinese national who illegally entered the U.S. near Nogales, Arizona, on June 22, 2023. He was arrested by immigration officials at the time for unlawful presence, but was later released due to limited detention capacity, according to the complaint.

Wu was scheduled to appear for immigration removal proceedings in February 2027, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) re-arrested him on Dec. 3, 2025, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The charges come amid heightened scrutiny surrounding Whiteman Air Force Base, which launched the B-2 Spirit strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June 2025.

The base shares a perimeter fence with the Knob Noster Trailer Park, a foreign-owned RV park located less than a mile from Whiteman’s runway, the November 2025 DCNF investigation found.

Business records reviewed by the DCNF show the trailer park is owned through a network of shell companies controlled by a Canadian couple linked to organizations associated with disgraced Chinese tycoon Miles Guo. Guo, who has described himself as a former CCP intelligence “affiliate,” was convicted in 2024 of orchestrating a more than $1 billion fraud conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing.

National security experts told the DCNF at the time that foreign ownership of property immediately adjacent to the base poses serious counterintelligence risks.

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Melissa O’Rourke

Reporter

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NYC Releases Nearly 7,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens Without Notifying ICE

January 8, 2026/in Communism, Courts & Law, Criminal Illegal Aliens, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Immigration, Marxism, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Social Issues, Socialism, Terrorism, Video, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV

New York has released almost 7,000 criminal illegal immigrants back onto the streets since Donald Trump returned to the White House, without notifying the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office. The Department of Homeland Security on Monday revealed to the New York Post that these dangerous offenders were granted bail, parole or simply released back into the community with no warning to the agency.

The individuals released include those convicted of serious crimes. Federal authorities are now demanding New York Attorney General Letitia James guarantee that a further 7,113 who remain in custody will be handed over at the end of their sentences.

Trump Promises Support for Iranian Protestors

January 6, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Courts & Law, Culture War, Elections, Featured, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Family Research Council

President Donald Trump has found a new source of leverage against Iran’s Islamist regime — the Iranian people themselves. Protests that began nine days ago have now spread to 26 of Iran’s 31 provinces, as economic unrest catalyzed widespread dissatisfaction with the regime to the brink of open revolt. As is its habit, the repressive regime is now turning its weapons upon its own subjects, earning a stern warning from President Trump. “If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their [the protesters’] rescue,” the president said on social media. “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.”

The protest began with shopkeepers and bazaar merchants closing their doors in response to dire economic conditions. Since Iran’s war with Israel, its rial currency has lost 60% of its value, dropping at one point to a record low of 1.445 million to the dollar. Iran’s annual inflation rate reached 42.2% in December, with food prices up 72%. Meanwhile, Iran’s central bank registered a decline in gross GDP of 0.6% (0.8% excluding oil) for the six months beginning in late March 2025.

Residents of the oil-rich country have also suffered power outages and now face rising fuel prices; the central government puts more focus on building missiles, enriching uranium, and keeping its own coffers full than on the plight of its own people. The Iranian regime has even neglected to procure a stable water supply for the capital metropolis.

But what began as protests over economic conditions quickly grew into a more general challenge to the unbending regime. Footage emerging on social media showed protestors chanting “freedom” and “death to the dictator,” as well as calling for a return of Reza Pahlavi, son and heir of the late shah who was booted from power in 1979.

At first, the Iranian mullahs attempted to placate the protestors’ concerns, acknowledging “the pressure on people’s livelihoods” and promising reform. Mohammad Reza Farzin, Iran’s chief central banker, resigned last Monday as the fall guy for the ongoing inflation.

But the protests kept spreading and the popular hatred for their government began to cross the line into open rebellion. In one attack, demonstrators breached a police station affiliated with Iran’s Republican Guard Corps (IRGC) and burned several police cars. In another, they threw stones at police officers and regime-aligned militia members, resulting in one death and a dozen injuries among the government-aligned forces.

Soon, the Iranian regime had reverted to its more typical tactics of suppressing dissent through brutal force. Across protests at 22 locations in 78 cities, the Iranian regime has allegedly killed at least 20 demonstrators and arrested 990, according to data compiled by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) on Monday.

But the crackdown predated the protests. Since its catastrophic war with Israel in the summer of 2025, the Iranian regime says it has arrested 21,000 “suspects,” and international watchdogs have documented between 1,500-2,000 executions. “The only strategy the regime knows is repression,” said professor Saeid Golkar.

After sweeping out the shah to popular approval, Iran’s Islamist regime has faced increasing popular opposition in recent decades. In 2009, protests in the “Green Movement” challenged former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed reelection. “Day of Rage” protests lasted for a year during the 2011 Arab Spring. High food prices spurred protests in 2017 and 2018, gas prices sparked riots in 2019, and the deadly enforcement of Islamic morality laws initiated protests in 2022.

In response to the 2022 protests, the Islamist regime quelled the protests by killing more than 500 people, suggesting the current repression could become even more deadly.

Yet some signs suggest the result of the current protests could be different. Over the past two years, Iran has suffered one humiliating setback after another, from the devastation of its terrorist proxies, to the collapse of the allied Assad regime in Syria, to Iran’s own defeat by Israel and the United States. As a result, Iran’s military might has been hollowed out, both physically and morally, prompting more protestors to boldly shake the already-shaking regime.

Additionally, Iran continues to face pressure from both Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both expressed solidarity with the protestors. “We’re watching it very closely,” Trump told reporters. “If they start killing people like they have in the past, I think they’re going to get hit very hard by the United States.”

Furthermore, one underreported aspect of the Iranian protests is the rapid growth of Christianity within the country, FRC’s Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom Lela Gilbert told The Washington Stand. Despite a lack of official statistics, a 2021 report suggested Christianity was the fastest-growing religion in the country. In 2024, an Iranian court sentenced five Christian converts to 25 years in prison for abandoning Islam.

“Despite anti-Christian persecution and crackdowns, numerous reports of Iranian converts to Christianity continue. These appear on social media and through personal contacts,” Gilbert explained. “There are stunning stories of increasing numbers of new believers, even in the face of potentially harsh reactions and abuse by disapproving authorities. Yet, despite these concerns, and alongside personal attacks from families and friends, these new believers remain faithful and amazingly outspoken.”

Christianity constitutes a kingdom “not of this world” (John 18:36), and it rarely presents a direct challenge to the governing authorities that exist (Romans 13:1). However, the spread of Christianity also promotes ideas of human dignity and individual freedom, working these through a society like yeast leavening dough (Matthew 13:33). This has made Christianity one of the most powerful forces for toppling despotism in history.

Former President Barack Obama later reflected that he made a mistake not to do more to encourage the Green protests in 2009. Under a President Trump flush with victory, the United States could do many things short of military action —which is probably not off the table — to aid Iranian protestors against the regime. The Wall Street Journal lists several possible options: “restoring internet access when the regime cuts it off, unmasking regime thugs,” enforcing accountability for human rights abuses, and tightening enforcement of existing oil sanctions.

Would these actions be enough? Only the one “who brings princes to nothing” (Isaiah 40:23) knows for certain. But a certain former Venezuelan dictator might advise Ayatollah Ali Khamenei not to underestimate President Trump. According to The Times, a British paper, Khamenei has already worked out an “escape plan” whereby he and 20 close associates would flee to Russia with about $95 billion in assets. Such is not the plan of a man confident is his regime’s longevity.

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Joshua Arnold

Joshua Arnold is a senior writer at The Washington Stand.

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Iranians declare ‘no future for us,’ ‘it’s now or never to topple regime’

January 6, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Elections, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Social Issues, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Jihad Watch

As “disaffected Iranians say it’s now or never to topple” the regime, Iran’s supreme leader also warned on Saturday that “rioters must be put in their place.” The world knows the level of murderous brutality that the Islamic regime in Iran has inflicted upon citizens who oppose it.

Given what just happened in Venezuela, Khamenei may want to rethink his threat. And just before 3 a.m. on January 2, Trump posted on Truth Social:

“‘No future for us’: disaffected Iranians say it’s now or never to topple regime,” by Deepa Parent and William Christou, Guardian, January 3, 2026:

Mehnaz was too young to protest when Mahsa Amini died in police custody three years ago after she was arrested for allegedly wearing the hijab improperly. Her mother did not let her join the throngs of crowds chanting “woman, life, freedom” in Tehran and across the country – so she could only watch at home as they were beaten back by batons and bullets.

Since then, the 19-year-old computer science student in Tehran has waited for the chance to join fellow Iranians in protest. On Sunday, the moment finally came.

A sudden nosedive in the value of Iran’s currency was the final blow to a population growing tired of being patient under an ailing economy. Protests soon began in Tehran and spread, kicking off the country’s biggest protests in years – some of which have turned deadly. At least 10 people had been killed by violence surrounding the protests, with two new deaths occurring overnight….

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Christine Douglass-Williams

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Trump Weighs U.S. Action in 5 Other Nations Following Capture of Maduro

January 6, 2026/in America 250, Energy, Featured, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, Narco-Socialism, Narco-Terrorism, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by The Daily Signal

President Donald Trump did not rule out U.S. operations against other nations following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.

Talking to reporters on Air Force One Sunday, Trump suggested the U.S. is keeping a close eye on Colombia, Greenland, Cuba, Mexico, and Iran, and might even consider conducting military operations in some of the nations.

“Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States,” Trump said, referring to Colombian President Gustavo Petro. “And he’s not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you,” Trump added before a reporter pressed him to clarify his comments.

“It sounds good to me,” Trump said when asked if there might be a U.S. operation in Colombia.

Similar to Venezuela, the criminal cartels operate in Colombia and traffic drugs into the U.S., often through Mexico.

While Trump spoke with greater appreciation for President of Mexico Claudia Scheinbaum, telling reporters she is “a terrific person,” he also said she is “a little afraid” to allow U.S. troops into her country to address cartel activity.

“Mexico has to get their act together because they [the cartels] are pouring through Mexico, and we’re going to have to do something. We’d love Mexico to do it. They’re capable of doing it, but unfortunately, their cartels are very strong in Mexico,” Trump said.

“The cartels are running Mexico,” the president added.

Following the U.S. capture of Maduro, whom Trump has labeled a “dictator,” the president was asked if he would consider taking action against Miguel Díaz-Canel, the current communist ruler of Cuba. Venezuela has a longstanding relationship with Cuba.

“Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall,” Trump said. “Cuba now has no income. They got all of their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil. They’re not getting any of it.”

The U.S. is currently running Venezuela, according to Trump, and Delcy Rodríguez, the nation’s vice president, is acting as the de facto leader of the nation.

Trump also answered questions regarding possible U.S. action in Iran and Greenland.

“We’ll take a look, we’re watching it very closely,” Trump said when asked about the anti-regime protests currently taking place in Iran.

“If they start killing people like they have in the past, I think they’re going to get hit very hard by the United States,” Trump said.

The president was less eager to discuss Greenland, but after being pressed on the issue, Trump told reporters the U.S. needs Greenland because of a “national security situation.”

“It’s so strategic,” Trump said. “Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not going to be able to do it, I can tell you.”

Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a NATO ally of the U.S. Trump told reporters that no immediate action will be taken in Greenland, adding that he would like to discuss the matter more in “about two months.”

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Virginia Allen

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of “The Daily Signal Podcast” and “Problematic Women.” Send an email to Virginia. Virginia on X: @Virginia_Allen5.

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EXCLUSIVE: CCP Intel Official Owns Golf Clubs Flanking U.S. Nuclear Missile Nerve Center

January 5, 2026/in Chinese influence, Communism, Culture War, Hot Topics, National Security, News, Socialism, Technology, Terrorism, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by The Daily Caller

A Chinese intelligence official owns twin golf courses flanking the U.S. Air Force headquarters that controls two legs of the U.S. nuclear triad, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has discovered.

Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), which is responsible for all of America’s intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear bombers, is hosted by Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport, Louisiana. Approximately two miles to the north and south, the base is effectively bordered by The Golf Club At StoneBridge and its 27-hole, 340-acre sister, Olde Oaks Golf Club.

Since 2013, both courses have been owned by Eugene Ji, a Chinese-American businessman, who has held multiple Chinese government positions including serving as an official for an arm of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence and intelligence agency called the United Front Work Department (UFWD), according to local news reports, Louisiana business records and DCNF translations of Chinese government and university announcements.

[Image created by the DCNF with screenshots from StoneBridge, Olde Oaks, Regrid and Canva]

“The matters you’re asking about are unrelated to StoneBridge or Olde Oaks Golf Course and we are not able to provide any comment,” Ji’s daughter, who is the general manager of both golf clubs, told the DCNF. “Our focus here is solely on golf operations and serving our members.”

Ji purchased the golf courses to provide a “networking opportunity for Chinese and American business people,” and to create a “platform” for “people-to-people diplomacy” with U.S. lawmakers, according to Chinese state media reports and a DCNF translation of Ji’s 2014 autobiography “New Circle.”

“Politicians and dignitaries, business friends, university presidents — all come to play golf,” Ji wrote in his book, according to a DCNF translation. “When senators and congressmen campaign, when governors and mayors hold gatherings, they all come to my golf club.”

However, customer reviews and local news reports have criticized the golf clubs’ conditions in recent years. One Google review characterized StoneBridge as a “dump,” while others have claimed nine holes have been “abandoned” by Olde Oaks, which the American Golfer blog listed as among the “worst” Louisiana golf courses in December 2025.

Ji’s ownership of the golf clubs and business activities, which appear centered on the Bayou State, pose a serious national security threat, lawmakers and Chinese intelligence experts told the DCNF.

“We spend billions of dollars on our bomber fleet. Chinese agents spend pennies on the dollar to put them in the crosshairs,” Jacqueline Deal, an advisory board member at State Armor, a nonprofit focused on countering the CCP, told the DCNF. “For the price of two apparently poorly-maintained courses, the CCP and the People’s Liberation Army have likely secured an intelligence and sabotage bonanza.” There have been no reported espionage incidents involving either of the golf courses.

Airmen train to confront “security threats posed by adversaries both at home and abroad” and the base is “prepared to respond to those threats when necessary,” a Barksdale AFB spokesman told the DCNF.

[Image created by DCNF with CCTV screenshot and Guizhou University photo]

‘Leverage’

Ji, whose Chinese name is Ji Yueqin, is listed as an “overseas committee member” of the UFWD‘s All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), according to DCNF translations of Chinese government and university announcements from as recently as 2024.

The UFWD’s operations are a “blend of engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations” that Beijing uses to steer foreign policy and “gain access to advanced foreign technology,” according to the House Select Committee on the CCP.

“Companies and individuals acting on behalf of the CCP have increasingly purchased land across the U.S., oftentimes adjacent to military installations and other sensitive sites,” Michigan Republican Rep. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, told the DCNF. “The time for sleepwalking past China’s spending spree on strategically vital land across the U.S. needs to end.”

Ji has attended numerous ACFROC meetings in China, including the UFWD arm’s September 2018 Beijing conference, according to ACFROC announcements and Chinese state media footage.

Since that conference, the Louisiana businessman has also met with ACFROC officials in Jiangsu and Shandong province, as well as within the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to DCNF translations of ACFROC announcements.

During those meetings, Ji agreed to support China’s economy in various ways, such as by serving as an “ambassador” to recruit talent for Shandong’s Jinan Start-Up Area, the ACFROC announcement states, according to a DCNF translation. This national development zone hosts centers focused on researching artificial intelligence, supercomputers and robotics, and is mandated to advance China’s Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) policy, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements. The CCP uses MCF to “ensure that new innovations simultaneously advance economic and military development,” according to a 2020 U.S. State Department memo.

“United Front operations rarely look hostile — they build relationships, normalize their presence, embed in local communities, and wait, subtly conducting the CCP’s work abroad, like recruiting,” L.J. Eads, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, told the DCNF.

“This isn’t a businessman who happens to own a golf course. This is a CCP political actor highlighted in Chinese government publications,” Eads said, citing ACFROC’s announcements. “If a CCP-linked network controls the social economic nodes around a nuclear-mission base, that is leverage Beijing can weaponize in a moment of tension.”

[Image created by DCNF with CFIE, and CPAFFC photos]

‘No Coincidences’

Ji has held Chinese government positions on and off for more than 40 years, and has used his foothold in Louisiana to introduce CCP delegations to the state, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements.

Ji first began working for the Chinese government in 1981, when he was assigned to the Guizhou Provincial Economic and Trade Department, according to a DCNF translation of “New Circle,” and a 2024 interview conducted by his alma mater, Guizhou University.

Over the next seven years, the Chinese government dispatched Ji on a series of trade missions to Guangzhou, Europe, Japan and the U.S., until he quit his post in June 1989 and moved to America to pursue his graduate degree in economics at New York University, according to DCNF translations of the 2024 interview and his autobiography.

Later that year, Ji dropped out of NYU and began working for the Chinese government again, according to a DCNF translation of his 2024 interview.

“After a Chinese grain-buying delegation’s interpreter fell ill in New York, a friend introduced me to fill in, so I led the delegation to Louisiana where we met the governor, the agriculture commissioner, and the commerce secretary,” Ji said, according to a DCNF translation of the interview. “Because of that, the governor let me stay, so I stayed in Louisiana.”

Over the course of the delegation’s 20-day U.S. visit, the Chinese government paid Ji a salary of $300 an hour and also provided him with formal clothing, according to a DCNF translation of his autobiography.

Ji has continued to serve as a liaison between China and the Deep South in the intervening years, with local news outlet KTBS reporting in 2013 that Ji had been responsible for attracting “nearly all” of Louisiana’s Chinese investors.

“I once again feel profoundly that intense longing deep inside me, that voice buried deep in my heart that has never faded: I want to do all that I possibly can to make a real difference for China’s core interests,” Ji wrote in his autobiography, according to a DCNF translation.

In one instance, Ji’s film company partnered with Beijing Film Academy and Hunan TV to produce Chinese programs and establish a film training center in Baton Rouge, Chinese state media reported in December 2015. Both Beijing Film Academy and Hunan TV are state-owned entities overseen by China’s Propaganda Department, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements.

In another instance, Ji inked a deal with a delegation from the State Council‘s China Federation Of Industrial Economics (CFIE) in June 2018 to establish a joint office in Baton Rouge, according to DCNF translations of CFIE announcements. The joint office supports China’s Belt And Road Initiative, which is a CCP infrastructure and economic strategy that the U.S. State Department warns was created to collect intelligence and gain “political, military, and economic leverage over participating countries through the accrual and manipulation of debt.”

The 2018 delegation was led by CFIE’s party secretary, Xiong Meng, who has held key MCF positions, such as serving as the head of the MCF Innovation Working Group within “China’s Silicon Valley,” according to DCNF translations of Chinese government, state media and university announcements.

The CCP is sending agents to the U.S. in order to gather intelligence on military bases in preparation for war, Deal warned.

“Since its founding, the CCP has employed infiltration, co-option, and subversion before attacking its enemies kinetically. To this end, the party has waged a long-running campaign of prepositioning political-warfare and intelligence assets inside the U.S.,” Deal said. “Like an RV park, a golf club offers abundant opportunities for intelligence collection on aircraft and operators alike, as well as for storing materiel in advance of an attack. How many takeoffs and landings have been observed? How many personnel have been logged and monitored on the base or on the greens?”

The DCNF reported in November 2025 on the existence of a foreign-owned trailer park linked to a convicted fraudster with CCP intelligence ties, which shares a fence with Missouri’s Whiteman Air Force Base, home to the “world’s only nuclear capable stealth bomber.”

Federal authorities need to investigate Ji, author and China expert Gordon Chang told the DCNF.

“Here we have someone connected to the Chinese regime owning land under an approach to one of the most important Air Force bases in the American homeland,” Chang said. “What more warning signs do we need?”

“If war starts, [AFGSC] has to assume that every B-52 at Barksdale will be destroyed,” Chang warned. “We need to investigate this guy, because when it comes to China, we should assume that there are no coincidences.”

AUTHOR

Philip Lenczycki

Senior Investigative Reporter

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Anti-Military Sentiment’ — Space Force Officers Lose Home, Family Cat In Targeted Arson Attack

January 4, 2026/in Assassination attempt, Courts & Law, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Marxism, Must Read, National Security, News, Social Issues, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by The Daily Signal

Two Space Force officers lost their home and their family cat in what appears to be a targeted attack just days after Christmas.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller, Major Jason “Red” Mills detailed how his house had been burglarized and lit on fire, and his had been vandalized. While he, his wife and his ten-month-old daughter were celebrating Christmas in Florida, Mills awoke to a 5 a.m. phone call on Dec. 28 from the D.C. police notifying him that his house had been set on fire. He later learned that his car had also been ransacked and vandalized with messages reading: “Fuck Trump,” “Fuck you space man” and “Fuck U.S.D.S,” which could stand for “United States DOGE Service.”

Mills spoke to the Caller in a personal capacity, not representing the Space Force or Department of War. Both he and his wife are members of the Space Force, and both entered the military in the early 2010s.

“I would say there is a general anti-military sentiment in certain parts of D.C. nowadays,” Mills told the Caller.

“If they were intending to target from the get-go. I do go to and from work, from the subway and I live in a part of D.C. where [the military doesn’t typically live.] So I’m the only person even remotely nearby that would ever be in uniform so they may have seen something going from my house, just in uniform every day,” he added.

Mills’ car found vandalized with “fuck you space man” written on it. [Photo Credit: Jason Mills]

Mills car found vandalized with the words “Fuck Trump.” [Photo Credit: Jason Mills]

Mills car found vandalized with the writing “Fuck U.S.D.S” [Photo Credit: Jason Mills]

Mills told the Caller that upon learning that his house had been set on fire and severely damaged, he immediately flew back to Washington, D.C., to assess the damage. Upon returning home, Mills was told by the fire department that it appears an individual started two fires on different levels, one in the kitchen and the other in the basement of the home. The fire report, obtained by the Caller, details the same information. The fire report noted that the incident is classified as incendiary.

A police report notes that a man has been taken into custody after being caught with some items within Mills’ home. The investigation into the incident remains open.

He and his wife have walked through the property in hazmat suits, trying to uncover items from their home. Some important items have been salvageable, like the hospital bracelet for Mills’ daughter the day she was born. Mills shared a photo of his wife with some framed baby photos that were also saved from the fire.

Amid the rubble, Mills told the Caller he was able to dig up their cat’s body from the fire.

His car was also broken into; the inside mirrors were torn off and papers were thrown everywhere. Black ink was spread across the car onto the dash and inside mirror, Mills told the Caller. There was also a sticker found on Mills’ car representing the “Air Force Research Laboratory” that had a giant “X” written across it.

Because of the targeted nature of the attack, Mills told the Caller he had to notify his chain of command. The response has been “heartwarming.”

Mills said family members set up a GoFundMe after the attack, and the response has stunned him.

“I was blown away by students from the school I taught at sending like 500 bucks each,” Mills told the Caller. He added that the military community has circulated the story, which he believes has helped it gain traction.

The GoFundMe has raised about $90,000 at the time of publication since being created four days ago. One $10,000 donation was made by Jared Isaacman, the same name as Trump’s NASA administrator. An administration official confirmed to the Caller that the donation was in fact from the NASA administrator.

Photos recovered in the fire by Mills’ wife. [Photo Credit: Jason Mills]

Ink spread on Mills’ car in the attack. [Photo Credit: Jason Mills]

There was also a sticker found on Mills car representing the “Air Force Research Laboratory” that had a giant “X” written across it. [Photo Credit: Jason Mills]

Mills’ home after the fire. [Photo Credit: Jason Mills]

“Me and the family are super, super thankful and grateful for all the support we’ve been shown so far,” Mills told the Caller. “It’s way above and beyond anything we expected… it’s been frankly overwhelming and in the best possible way.”

AUTHOR

Reagan Reese

White House Correspondent

Iron Beam, the Laser-Based Aerial Defense, Now Operational All Over Israel

January 2, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Healthcare, National Security, News, Science, Social Issues, Technology/by Jihad Watch

The Iron Beam is the first laser-based aerial defense in the world to be operational; other countries are working on laser-based weapons but have yet to complete them, much less to put any such weapons into operation. The Iron Beam is fantastically cheap; each “burst” of light costs a few dollars, compared to the $40,000 to $100,000 that each Iron Dome kinetic interceptor costs. And it has many more advantages: it travels at the speed of light — faster than any other weapon — and thus can intercept an incoming missile or drone much earlier in its flight, knocking it out before it comes close to Israel, and thus obviating the need for Israelis to run to their shelters. This means far less disruption to civilian life. When Iron Beam is fully deployed, Israelis won’t have to interrupt, several times a day, their civilian lives by having to rush to shelters when an incoming missile is detected. With the Iron Beam, that incoming missile will have been intercepted almost as soon as it is launched.

More on Iron Beam’s advantages can be found here: “Defense Ministry rolls out Iron Beam laser air defense system across Israel,” by Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, December 28, 2025:

The Iron Beam laser-based, air-defense system has been deployed in the field, the Defense Ministry reported Sunday.

In June, the Defense Ministry and Rafael – the lead company among several defense technology firms, including Elbit, which provides core aspects of the laser itself – announced that Lite Beam, a smaller relative of Iron Beam, was operational.

In mid-September, the Defense Ministry announced that Iron Beam was operational, and that a full series of batteries would be deployed throughout the country to provide cutting-edge air-defense capabilities within the coming months.

On December 1, the head of the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense, Research and Development (DDR&D), Brig.-Gen. (res.) Daniel Gold, announced that full deployment would take place by December 30.

In June, the Defense Ministry disclosed that Israeli laser defense systems had shot down around 40 Hezbollah drones in October 2024.

Compared with Lite Beam, Iron Beam has more power, a longer range, and can be used to defend against a wider array of threats.

In addition to being able to shoot down drones, Iron Beam can also defend against missiles, rockets, and mortars. That makes it far more formidable than if it were only capable of shooting down drones, which are relatively slow-moving threats.

The announcement also means that Iron Beam batteries will be produced and dispersed around the country at scale, as opposed to serving in just one or two locations where their impact would take time to be judged.

The Defense Ministry and the IDF expect Iron Beam to immediately reduce the cost of intercepting aerial threats, a major challenge for Israel during the recent war, when tens of thousands of projectiles were launched from six fronts.

Firing Arrow interceptors can cost millions of shekels, and Iron Dome interceptors can cost tens of thousands of shekels. Firing the Iron Beam is as cheap as turning a light on….

Stop for a moment and think of what that means: each Iron Beam burst of light will cost not millions of shekels, like each Arrow interceptor, nor tens of thousands of shekels that each Iron Dome interceptor costs, but only a few dollars, at most, for each burst of light with which Iron Beam can take down drones, missiles, rockets, and mortars.

The Defense Ministry said that while the US-based Raytheon and countries including Britain, Russia, China, Germany, and Japan are developing laser defense systems, Iron Beam is the only one that has moved beyond test firings to operational field use.

Think of that. Tiny Israel is farther along in its development, and now in its deployment in the field, of a laser-based aerial defense system, than those defense giants, the U.S., U.K, Russia, China, Germany, and Japan, all of which are still in the stage of test firings of their own laser systems. .

The Iron Beam, the first laser-based weapon to be operational, and to have proved its value on the battlefield, is one more marvel from those Israeli scientists at Rafael, and Elbit, and Israel Aerospace Industries. Collectively, they are the gift that keeps on giving. Isn’t it comforting to know that Israel is on our side?

AUTHOR

Hugh Fitzgerald

U.S. conducting surveillance flights over Nigeria after Trump’s threat to intervene to end persecution of Christians

December 26, 2025/in Anti-Semitism, Assassination, Culture War, Hot Topics, National Security, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Jihad Watch

And now, American surveillance has begun, bringing the Trump administration’s threats closer to actualizing.

The Nigerian government has tried to cover its indifference to the persecution of Christians by presenting the conflicts as being between warring factions. The government insists that what is happening is not Muslim persecution of Christians, but conflicts between Muslim groups. However, when Muslim groups are fighting each other, both sides of the war focus their brutal attacks on Christians, who suffer the worst — from forced conversions to church and village burnings and beheadings.

No Western government has taken interest in persecuted Christians to the degree that the Trump administration has, not even the Vatican, which instead is obsessed with advocating for Western surrender to suicidal open-door, unvetted immigration.

“Exclusive: US conducting surveillance flights over Nigeria after Trump intervention threat,” by Jessica Donati and Idrees Ali, Reuters, December 22, 2025:

Dec 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. has been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November, according to flight tracking data and current and former U.S. officials, in a sign of increased security cooperation between the countries.

Reuters could not determine what information the flights are meant to obtain.

But the flights in West Africa follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats in November to militarily intervene in Nigeria over what he says is its failure to stop violence targeting Christian communities. The flights also are occurring just months after a U.S. pilot working for a missionary agency was kidnapped in neighboring Niger.

The U.S. contractor-operated aircraft used for the surveillance operations typically takes off from Ghana and flies over Nigeria before returning to Accra, the Ghanaian capital, the tracking data for December shows.

Flight tracking data shows the operator is Mississippi-based Tenax Aerospace, which provides special mission aircraft and works closely with the U.S. military, according to the company’s website. Tenax Aerospace did not respond to a request for comment.

Liam Karr, the Africa Team Lead for the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, has analyzed the flight data. He said the operation appeared to be running out of an airport in Accra, a known hub for the U.S. military’s logistics network in Africa.

Karr said the operation was an early sign the U.S. was rebuilding its capacity in the region after Nigeria ordered U.S. troops to leave a sprawling, newly built air base in the desert last year, and turned instead to Russia for security assistance.

“In recent weeks we’ve seen a resumption of intelligence and surveillance flights in Nigeria,” Karr said in an interview.

A former U.S. official said the aircraft is among several assets the Trump administration moved to Ghana in November. It is unclear how many aircraft remain in Ghana, but the former official said the missions include tracking down the kidnapped U.S. pilot and gathering intelligence on militant groups operating in Nigeria. Boko Haram and its splinter organization, Islamic State West Africa Province, are among the militant groups operating in Nigeria…

AUTHOR

Christine Douglass-Williams

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VIDEO: What happens in Medina doesn’t stay in Medina

December 25, 2025/in Anti-Semitism, Culture War, Hot Topics, National Security, News, Policy, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Social Issues, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Vlad Tepes Blog

The video below needs to be understood for what it is, and not how it might appear to people who grew up in free nation states, regardless of what they may be now.

When a sermon is given in the grand mosque of Medina, it is a reflection of Saudi policy. Nothing is ever said there, that is not in perfect alignment with national policy. One could say perhaps, doubly so for Friday sermons, the most important one of the week for Muslims.

Watching this excerpt from a Friday sermon of December 12, 2025 should make one question how seriously the Saudis are abut the Abraham Accords.

Article at RAIR.

Special thanks to Dr. Andrew Bostom for finding this clip.

Ban the Muslim Brotherhood, or Witness the West’s Demise

December 25, 2025/in Anti-Semitism, Courts & Law, Culture War, Featured, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Jihad Watch

President Trump has tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with providing a report on whether to designate Muslim Brotherhood entities as terrorist organizations. The report is due by Christmas Eve.

At the state level, Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida have designated the Muslim Brotherhood “mother movement” and one of its front groups, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as terrorist organizations in their states. These actions align with designations by U.S. allies in the Middle East and beyond.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that the governments of Qatar and Turkey are deemed reliable U.S. allies but fund and enable the Brotherhood’s determination to destroy Western civilization, particularly the United States. Both countries oppose designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.

The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna to implement Shariah globally and reestablish the caliphate. Its creed states: “Allah is our objective, the Prophet is our leader, the Quran is our law, jihad is our way, and dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” It endorses violence against non-Muslims when expedient.

By the 1950s, Muslim Brotherhood leaders established bases in Europe and America. In Germany, they built the Islamic Center of Munich, funded by Nazi ties and later U.S. intelligence. In the U.S., the Muslim Brotherhood formed the Muslim Students Association in 1963 at the University of Illinois as its first front group.

The group’s U.S. strategy is detailed in a 1991 “explanatory memorandum” from FBI raids, outlining a “civilization-jihadist process” to destroy Western civilization through infiltration. The phased plan includes secret leadership, public fronts, media escalation, confrontation and seizure of power. Techniques involve expanding presence via immigration and birth rates, labeling critics “Islamophobic,” and subverting education and lawfare for Shariah.

The Muslim Brotherhood controls key U.S. Muslim organizations: the Islamic Society of North America, with more than 300 chapters, the North American Islamic Trust, holding many mosque deeds, and CAIR, founded by Hamas leaders. The 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial named them unindicted co-conspirators for aiding Hamas.

The U.S. threat extends beyond terrorism to subversion. Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Shariah supremacists, backed by Qatar and Turkey, avoid violence temporarily but pursue domination, exploiting a U.S. focus on terrorism to subvert security.

Earlier this month, the Victory Coalition released “The Choice: Ban the Brotherhood or Face Civilization Erasure,” a report urging President Trump to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates as terrorist organizations. In the report, several experts issue warnings about the Muslim Brotherhood.

Charles Faddis says the Muslim Brotherhood seeks Western destruction and subjugation, aligns ideologically with al Qaeda and uses deception. Robert Spencer notes that terrorism is one jihad tool, but the Muslim Brotherhood uses “civilization jihad” nonviolently for Shariah hegemony. David Wurmser warns that Damascus’ fall and Europe’s Islamization will embolden the Muslim Brotherhood, ending minority tolerance.

Stephen Coughlin questions the impact of designations on Muslim Brotherhood alliances amid Qatari-Turkish influence.

Trevor Loudon advises treating the Muslim Brotherhood as organized crime with anti-racketeering tactics and amnesty for informants. Joe Kent testified that 18,000 known terrorists entered the country under President Biden, raising the risk of self-radicalized attacks. Richard Pollock reports expert warnings of imminent al Qaeda/Islamic State group mass-casualty strikes.

I cite British “civilization erasure” via unchecked Muslim Brotherhood entities, student groups and Qatari investments.

Failure to ban the Muslim Brotherhood now will accelerate civilization erasure through violent jihad, ideological subversion and alliances with hostile forces. Designate the “mother movement” and all subdivisions as terrorist organizations immediately. Enforce Mr. Trump’s pledge to strip out radical networks using counter-Mafia tactics. Harden defenses against imminent attacks from jihadis, Chinese communists and leftist proxies, and mobilize public vigilance to detect and report threats.

You can access the full report, video briefing and letter to the president at www.banthebrotherhood.org to support urgent action.

AUTHOR

Peter McIlvenna

Peter McIlvenna serves as chief of staff to Lord Pearson of Rannoch in the British House of Lords, hosts the “Hearts of Oak” podcast and is a fellow of the American Freedom Alliance. This article has been cross-posted with the author’s permission from the Washington Times.

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PROFESSOR FOR THE AYATOLLAH: Pro-Iran Professor Hijacked U.S. University to Defend a Regime Butcher

December 24, 2025/in Anti-Semitism, Culture War, Education, Hot Topics, Immigration, Iranian influence, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Amil Imani

For years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been playing a long game on American soil. While the regime chants “Death to America” in the streets of Tehran, their ideological foot soldiers have been quietly embedding themselves in the ivory towers of our universities. But at the University of Arkansas, the mask hasn’t just slipped – it has been ripped off.

The case of Shirin Saeidi, the now-demoted Director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies, is not just a story of a professor with “fringe views.” It is a chilling case study in how the prestige of an American institution was weaponized to serve the interests of a foreign terror state.

The ultimate betrayal in this saga isn’t just Saeidi’s rhetoric; it’s her use of American resources to lobby for a monster. Reports from the Middle East Forum (MEF) and the Alliance Against Islamic Republic of Iran Apologists (AAIRIA) have exposed a calculated abuse of office: Saeidi allegedly used official University of Arkansas letterhead to advocate for the release of Hamid Nouri.

Who is Hamid Nouri? He is a man with the blood of thousands on his hands. In 2022, a Swedish court sentenced Nouri to life in prison for his role in the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners in Iran – a purge ordered by the “Butcher of Tehran” himself, Ebrahim Raisi. Yet, while the Iranian diaspora cheered for a rare moment of international justice, an American professor was reportedly using the University of Arkansas logo to demand his freedom.

When a professor uses university stationery, they aren’t speaking for themselves; they are projecting the authority of the State of Arkansas and the United States of America. Using that authority to provide cover for a convicted war criminal is more than a policy violation – it is a slap in the face to every Iranian-American who fled that regime and every American patriot who believes our schools should be bastions of liberty, not PR firms for the Ayatollah.

The rot goes deeper than a few letters. Saeidi’s entire academic career is now under the microscope. Cambridge University Press has launched an investigation into her 2022 book, Women and the Islamic Republic, following allegations of academic fraud that have been deemed devastating.

Nasrin Parvaz, a brave survivor of the regime’s torture cells, has come forward to reveal a shocking betrayal. Parvaz alleges that Saeidi included an “interview” with her in the book that was either fabricated or used without authorization. For a scholar to allegedly twist the testimony of a torture survivor to fit a pro-regime narrative isn’t just “poor research” – it is predatory. It is the academic equivalent of stolen valor, profiting off the suffering of those the regime couldn’t break, only to use their stories to bolster the regime’s image.

The most telling evidence of Saeidi’s true allegiances is the reaction from Tehran. The moment the University of Arkansas stripped Saeidi of her directorship, the Iranian state media apparatus went into a frenzy. The Tehran Times and the Iranian Judiciary have issued “official condemnations,” framing her demotion as an attack on “academic freedom.”

The irony is sickening. This is a regime that hangs students from cranes for protesting, that blinds women for showing their hair, and that has purged thousands of its own professors for failing to parrot the Supreme Leader’s propaganda. For the Iranian government to lecture America on “academic freedom” proves exactly what Saeidi was to them: a high-value asset in the heart of the American South.

Why was Saeidi allowed to hold the keys to the King Fahd Center for so long? For too long, American universities have hidden behind the shield of “academic freedom” to ignore blatant foreign influence. Patriots and the Iranian diaspora are done with the excuses. We recognize that there is a massive difference between “diverse viewpoints” and active collaboration with a regime that is designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S. State Department.

The University of Arkansas has taken the first step by demoting her, but the job is half-finished. As long as she remains a tenured faculty member, she continues to draw a salary funded by taxpayers and tuition dollars – dollars that are effectively subsidizing a mouthpiece for the Ayatollah.

To the Iranian diaspora: Your voices exposed this. Your refusal to let the regime’s apologists speak for you is working. To American patriots: Our universities must be reclaimed. We cannot allow our institutions to be used as launching pads for foreign propaganda.

The “Letterhead Traitor” case must be the turning point. It is time for a full audit of Middle East Studies departments across the country. We must demand transparency in funding and accountability for any academic who uses their position to lobby for war criminals.

The University of Arkansas must finish what it started. Tenure is a privilege designed to protect truth-seekers, not to provide a permanent paycheck for those who carry water for a murderous theocracy.

It’s time to clean house.

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