Over the past decade, Princeton University has actively sought to position itself as a key mediator in US-Iran relations. This initiative included liaising with IRGC-connected diplomats and offering an academic position to former high-ranking Tehran official Hossein Mousavian. However, the university's efforts faced significant setbacks when two of its graduate students were detained or kidnapped by the IRGC and its allied armed groups in Iraq.
Princeton tried to bridge the US-Iran gap — then Tehran and allies kidnapped, detained two students https://t.co/I0iu52waQo
Princeton Tried To Bridge The US-Iran Gap — Then Tehran And Allies Kidnapped, Detained Two Students https://t.co/lU5UDu4fXc
Princeton University has been trying for more than a decade to place itself at the center of US-Iran diplomacy, a new Semafor report has revealed, offering an academic position to former high-ranking Tehran official Hossein Mousavian. https://t.co/GTQzmb8O79
Princeton liaised with IRGC-connected diplomats for student exchange programs, only to see two of its graduate students detained or kidnapped by the IRGC and its allied armed groups in Iraq. https://t.co/CdmxcAPAid
How Princeton got burned by its outreach to Iran https://t.co/HvDsuOiACM
🟡 SCOOP: As US-Iran relations thawed during the Obama administration, Princeton University saw an opportunity to make the school a central player in bridging the decades-long divide between the two antagonists. But over the past dozen years, two graduate students had been… https://t.co/qOBVjwCws0