A 22-year-old Iranian-American student asked a U.S. Senate candidate one question about the IRGC and days later, he says his family was being threatened and doxxed online.Emily Schrader sits down with University of Michigan student Iman Dashti after his viral confrontation with Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, where Dashti pressed him to explicitly condemn the Iranian regime and IRGC. Dashti explains why the issue is deeply personal and describes the extraordinary backlash he says followed his question. The conversation also explores his concerns about the growing alliance he sees between radical-left and Islamist movements on American campuses and the lessons he believes Americans should draw from what happened in Iran.
A 22-year-old Iranian-American student asked a U.S. Senate candidate one question about the IRGC and days later, he says his family was being threatened and doxxed online.Emily Schrader sits down with University of Michigan student Iman Dashti after his viral confrontation with Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, where Dashti pressed him to explicitly condemn the Iranian regime and IRGC. Dashti explains why the issue is deeply personal and describes the extraordinary backlash he says followed his question. The conversation also explores his concerns about the growing alliance he sees between radical-left and Islamist movements on American campuses and the lessons he believes Americans should draw from what happened in Iran.