Thursday, January 9, 2020

College Prof Fired for His Humor on Violence; Said Iranian Leader Should Bomb 52 US Sites

An adjunct professor has been fired by Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. after he described as a "bad attempt at humor" in a Facebook post, in which he said Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamene "should tweet a list of 52 sites of beloved American cultural heritage that he would bomb," The Daily Beast website reports today (January 9, 2020).

The since-deleted Facebook post by Babson's director of sustainability Asheen Phansey had been widely circulated on  social media.

The Wellesley business school said in a statement today that Phansey is no longer employed at the college.

Phansey told local news outlets he regretted making his "attempt at humor," which was an apparent response to a tweet from President Donald Trump last week warning that if Iran attacked an American site, it would face attacks from the U.S. on 52 Iranian sites.

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