Republican Rep. Earl Carter (Georgia) demanded on Thursday that Emory University and the Georgia Composite Medical Board remove Dr. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani from her faculty position and revoke her medical license.
Dr. Ardeshir-Larijani is the daughter of Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Lariani has spoken out strongly against the United States, as well as against Israel, accusing them of being responsible for the violence and fatalities resulting from the recent anti-regime protests in Iran.
The Emory University School of Medicine lists Dr. Ardeshir-Larijani as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.
Iranian doctor treating patients threat to national security
In Carter's letter to the university and the medical board, he claimed that Dr. Ardeshir-Larijani's continuing to treat American patients is unacceptable, due to potential threats to national security.
"Physicians are entrusted with intimate access to patients, sensitive personal information, and critical medical decision-making," Carter wrote. He went on to say that providing Dr. Ardeshir-Larijani with such information while her father advocates for violence against the United States was "a reckless failure of judgment."
"America's medical institutions must not serve as a safe harbor for individuals connected by blood and loyalty to regimes that openly call for the death of Americans. Patient safety, public trust, and national security demand decisive action now," Carter concluded.