Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says

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An Iranian exile group, university officials, and a state lawmaker in Arkansas allegedly colluded to have Professor Shirin Saeidi fired from her position as director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies over social media posts critical of Israel. A lawsuit claims her termination, upheld in May, was driven by pressure related to Arkansas's Act 721, a law targeting antisemitism, which the suit argues limits free speech and academic freedom.

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A hardline anti-Islamic Republic group went after a tenured professor for comments about Iran. When that didn’t work, they cited tweets about Israel and Gaza.

Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says

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