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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Collins

Yale fires legal scholar amid review of possible ties to 'sham charity' for designated terror group

Yale Scholar Fired - (Helyeh Doutaghi)

Yale Law School has fired an Iranian scholar, accusing her of refusing to cooperate as it probed allegations that she is involved with a group that the U.S. calls a “sham charity” for a designated terrorist organization.

But Helyeh Doutaghi, an outspoken critic of Israel who worked at Yale on a visa as an associate research scholar and deputy director of the school's Law and Political Economy Project, denies being uncooperative. She believes she was fired because of her criticism of the war in Gaza, as colleges around the country face financial pressure to crack down on antisemitism from the Trump administration.

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