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2025-03-30 Fifth Column
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Yale terminates scholar’s contract for alleged ties to terrorist organization
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[CollegeFix] 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.
“We call on Yale University, Yale Law School, and the Law and Political Economy Project to take accountability for the measures taken against Dr. Doutaghi, including restitution of damages and a public statement clearing Dr. Doutaghi’s name and restoring her reputation.”
The Jewish Onliner reported that Doutaghi participated in an April 2022 panel titled “Palestine and Iran – Changing the Global Balance of Power” with Khaled Barakat, designated as a PFLP terrorist by the U.S.
Masar Badil, the organization that hosted the panel, is also considered to be a PFLP front.
In April 2023, Doutaghi participated in the “Liberation Conference” in Ottawa hosted by Masar Badil and posed for a photo under a Samidoun flag. Other attendees included Charlotte Kates, a senior Samidoun member and the wife of Khaled Barakat.
Doutaghi was scheduled to speak at a postponed October 2024 panel she organized titled “The Resistance Front and the New Global Order-Making,” which was sponsored by Samidoun. Khaled Barakat was also listed as a scheduled speaker.
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