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Iranian operatives in the US fund and fuel hate on campus and spread
propaganda across the country � and even get face time with friendly
American elected officials, according to an alarming new report on
extremism by George Washington University researchers.

In one of the report�s concerning images, Vice President Kamala Harris is
seen happily mingling with an imam at the center of the murderous
regime�s influence campaign.

An Iranian-born cleric who served as head of the Iranian Navy�s political-
ideological office during the 1980s, Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi has deep,
decades-long ties to his homeland, and has praised the Islamic Republic�s
bloodthirsty founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Hezbollah, saying he
would die for the cause.

Harris convened with Elahi at a vaccination event at the TCF Center
(since renamed Huntington Place) in Detroit in July 2021, and planned to
visit his controversial Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn, Mich., before
the tour was scrapped at the last minute due to a flood, according to the
nonprofit�s website.

�Imam Elahi joined the vaccination mobilization event addressed by Vice
President Harris, Governor [Gretchen] Whitmer . . . and a group of state
and national political leaders,� the nonprofit gushed alongside images of
a smiling Elahi with Harris.

�Talking with VP Harris, the imam congratulated the administration for
their great achievements in fighting COVID 19 and advancing the
vaccination services,� the organization wrote. �Vice President Harris
thanked Imam Elahi and IHW for their preparation to host her at the House
of Wisdom.�

The chance encounter illustrated just how far, and high up, Iran�s
hateful influence in the US reaches. It was recounted in an explosive new
report from George Washington University�s Program on Extremism.

The report singled out the radical Manhattan-based Alavi Foundation, once
accused by federal prosecutors of serving as a �secret� front for the
Iranian government. The group has funneled nearly $500,000 to Elahi�s
organization since 2000, along with another nearly $1.9 million to
American universities, including Columbia, according to tax records
reviewed by The Post.

�Democrats hold a dangerously mistaken notion that Iran is part of the
solution � not the main problem in the Middle East. This leads them to
outreach here in the U.S. with Muslims tied to that tyrannical theocracy
like Mohammad Ali Elahi,� Jim Hanson, chief editor of the Middle East
Forum, a DC-based think tank, told The Post. �Obama, Biden and Harris have
all enabled and even funded their efforts.�

Elahi, Alavi and the Harris campaign didn�t respond to requests for
comment.

Elahi, 68, maintains deep contacts to the murderous regime.

He�s regularly posts photos on social media showing him meeting with
former Iranian presidents, including Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, Mohammad
Khatami, Hassan Rouhani, and the recently deceased Ebrahim Raisi,
according to the report.

Elahi once called the ayatollah � the infamous architect behind the
kidnapping of 53 American hostages for 444 days in 1979 � as �an
exceptional religious authority,� and was photographed with the zealot.

Elahi has openly expressed support for Hezbollah, which killed 241
Americans during a terrorist attack in 1983 and has been locked in a war
with Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.

�If my blood would help the liberation of Lebanon, I would give my blood
to liberate Lebanon,� he once told an Arabic paper in Michigan.

�The war that Netanyahu and his terrorist cult have started against
Lebanon will never succeed,� Elahi thundered in September as Israel
assassinated Hezbollah leaders. �I hope to see Netanyahu and his criminal
cabinet in jail soon. And if they escape justice in this world, for sure
they won�t escape the HELL next.�

In 1991, Elahi was tasked with inspecting American branches of Hezbollah
and promoting Tehran�s influence on Shi�ite communities, according to the
U.S. Institute of Peace.

Elahi is also a member of the Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly, an Iranian-based
organization founded in 1994 by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The
group has tentacles in about 90 countries, aims to extend regime influence
through networking with academic institutions, civil rights organizations,
charities and welfare projects around the world.

Elahi is the only identifiable American member of ABWA�s general assembly
and he has been photographed at top leadership meetings in Iran, GWU
reported.

While sanctions prevent ABWA from operating directly in the United States,
the group organizes trips for American academics to Iran to meet with
regime leaders and receive training at their headquarters in Islamic holy
city of Qom, the GWU report said.

Despite Elahi�s close ties to Tehran, he has managed to ingratiate himself
with top American Democrats.

In addition to Harris, he has mingled with former Secretary of State John
Kerry, and Whitmer, photos show.

The GWU report also named Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, Michigan Rep. Debbie
Dingell and the late Rep. John Conyers as people who have associated with
Elahi.

Elahi is a regular donor to Democrats through the fundraising platform
ActBlue, Federal Election Commission records show.

The GWU report also discussed Elahi�s prime benefactor, the Alavi
Foundation, which has long been on the feds radar.

In 2008, the Department of Justice alleged Alavi �secretly served as a
front for the Iranian government and as a gateway for millions of dollars
to be funneled to Iran in clear violation of U.S. sanctions,� according to
court papers.

Since 2000, the nonprofit has donated at least $486,810 to Elahi�s Islamic
House of Wisdom, Alavi�s tax records show.

The group has also donated roughly $1.9 million to American universities
over the years, including recent hotbeds of anti-Israel hate like Harvard,
Columbia and Hunter College.

In June, Elahi signed a letter to Wayne State University leaders demanding
they meet radical campus activists from Students for Justice in Palestine.

In July Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines confirmed that
�Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage
of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza� which has included
�providing financial support to protesters.�

Lara Burns, a lead researcher on the GWU report, said Haines was correct.

�We are tracking that [DNI] report and have seen messaging in protest
activities consistent with support for Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran and even
Iranian regime leaders have openly praised the activity,� Burns said.

Alavi is at the center of a widespread campaign to influence the American
public, the researchers said.

�The New York-based Alavi Foundation is arguably the most prolific actor
in the spread of Iranian regime influence in the United States,� according
to the GWU report titled �Propaganda, Procurement and Lethal Operations:
Iran�s Activities Inside America.�

�With its multimillion-dollar budget, it either directly owns or funds
through grants, no-interest loans, and donations a broad array of mosques
and entities nationwide that disseminate Tehran�s viewpoint.�

Alavi�s then-president Farshid Jahedi was sentenced to three months in
prison in 2010 after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and
destroying documents concerning Alavi�s relationship with Iran�s Bank
Melli.

�For decades, the Iranian regime has worked closely with far-left, far-
right and Islamist groups across Europe and North America,� Sam Westrop,
director of Middle East Forum�s Islamist Watch project told The Post in
August. �Following the October 7th attacks . . . Tehran has poured money
and logistical support into anti-Israel and pro-terror rallies,
encampments and civil disorder. We�ve uncovered evidence of this in
Houston, where the Iranian regime appears to operate mosques, activist and
student groups that are deeply involved in pro-terror demonstrations,
alongside Hamas-aligned groups.�

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), said Iran�s evil ideology and malign influence
have �no place here,� after being apprised of the report.

�We need an administration that has the backbone to reject Iran�s
propaganda that undermines America and espouses antisemitic views. America
must stand up to terrorists, not cower to the ayatollah at every turn.�

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