Report Highlights Kamala Harris’s Meeting with Iranian-Linked Cleric, Raising Concerns Over Tehran’s Influence in the U.S.

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WASHINGTON – A new report from researchers at George Washington University has highlighted Vice President Kamala Harris’s interaction with an Iranian-born cleric with close ties to the Iranian government, raising concerns over Iranian influence in the U.S. The report details a 2021 meeting between Harris and Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, a figure with longstanding connections to Iran’s regime, at a Detroit vaccination event.

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During the encounter, Elahi, who once led the Iranian Navy’s political office and has expressed allegiance to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Hezbollah, spoke with Harris and praised the administration’s efforts in combating COVID-19.

This meeting is part of a broader study by GWU’s Program on Extremism that claims Iran is spreading its ideological reach into the U.S. through figures like Elahi. His organization, the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn, Michigan, has received significant funding from the Alavi Foundation, a group previously accused of serving as an Iranian front. Researchers point out that the foundation has invested millions in U.S.-based religious and educational institutions, with ties extending into anti-Israel activism on American campuses.

Harris’s brief connection with Elahi, captured in photographs, underscores the report’s assertion that Iran’s reach extends into high-level American networks. The researchers indicate that through such interactions, Iran’s influence may impact American political discourse, especially on sensitive issues like Middle Eastern policy. The report has sparked calls from some officials for greater scrutiny of potential Iranian influences in the United States, especially regarding figures who maintain connections with American political leaders.

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Wilbur
Wilbur
25 days ago

Is anyone surprised?

Former CIA agent
Former CIA agent
25 days ago

Kamala is the enemy within

Manya Shvester
Manya Shvester
25 days ago

I looks like she is about to kiss him!

lazy-boy
lazy-boy
25 days ago

Iran wants to destroy the USA and convert the world to Islam.
Kamala is a bit idealist and thinks every one wants peace.
Like Beatles sung, all we are saying is give peace a chance” but it never worked. Our enemies are not interested in Beatles nor peace.

Tshuva
Tshuva
25 days ago

Eisav and Edom meet.

Lodzker
Lodzker
25 days ago

If you read the actual report it’s not what this article insinuates. Her meeting with this guy was incidental. Politicians meet many thousands of people a year and usually have no idea who they are. This guy is simply head of biggest mosque in country and as it says was only there to discuss Covid.

Well you can read the actual report here. https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/2024-10/Full%20Report_compressed.pdf

ananymous
ananymous
25 days ago

There is medrish from 1700 years ago that states clearly that Iran (Persia) will threaten the world and is an indication of messianic time. Strange prophecy.

anonymous
anonymous
25 days ago

Yet …”NYT reports detail a 2021 meeting between Harris and Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, a figure with longstanding connections to Iran’s regime, at a Detroit vaccination event ” …go figure

Proud former idf officer
Proud former idf officer
25 days ago

For many Jews that were sitting on the fence yet this may have been the tipping point. But those that are totally secular and haven’t woken up yet to our existences threat they will still justify their democratic vote in their minds.

Same old
Same old
25 days ago

She chose her side we the jews have chosen ours. See you on the battlefield

Lodzker
Lodzker
25 days ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
25 days ago

Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of h my Jews will still vote for her

Anonymous
Anonymous
25 days ago

Though it was in middle of the epidemic and at a vaccination event indoors, there is not one mask to be seen

Charlie
Charlie
23 days ago

But VIN refuses to report on the Hezbollah connections of Trump’s extended family.

winner
winner
25 days ago