Georgetown professor faces reactions on the commentary on the “symbolic strike” of Iran

A professor at the University of Georgetown is in hot water on social networks on an article where he explained his “hope” for Iran making “a symbolic strike” at a American military base, triggering the counterpoup on social networks and calls him to be dismissed.

“I am not an expert, but I suppose that Iran could still get a bomb easily,” said Dr. Jonathan Brown, the president of Islamic civilization of Bin Talal Alwaleed at the University of Georgetown University School, Posted on X On Sunday, the United States struck Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday evening.

“I hope Iran will make a symbolic strike on a basis, then everyone stops. Obtains F — Ed Up Bad.

Many conservatives on social networks immediately reacted to the post and interpreted him as a university professor wishing Iran attacking American soldiers or at least endangering them.

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Georgetown professor Jonathan Brown sparked controversy with an article on social networks on Iran. (Jonathan AC Brown via x; AP)

“Are you kidding me?” Sage Steele conservative commentator Posted on X In response to the publication of the publication by the Conservative Information account Libsofiktok.

A “professor of Islamic civilization” at @Georgetown “hopes that Iran is making a symbolic strike” on the Americans “, the representative of the GOP Randy Fine Posted on X. “A civilization. The president of Georgetown will soon be before @edworkForcecmte. This demon would be better to have gone. We have a Muslim problem in America.”

“A Georgetown teacher wants Iran to attack an American base”, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies CEO Mark Dubowitz Posted on XBefore providing information on the background of Brown’s wife.

“Brown is married to Laila Al-Aarian, journalist for the propaganda store of the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Jazeera. His father, Sami Al-Aari, was expelled from the United States in Turkey. He was accused of having provided material support for the Jihad designed by the United States and Iran, the Iranist organization of Iran, the Islamic Palestinian organization of Jihad.”

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Georgetown University Hall-Gravenor. (Getty Images)

The Brown stepfather, Sami Al-Aari, was expelled from the United States in Turkey in 2015 after a long legal battle where he pleaded “guilty” to support the Palestinian Islamic jihad, a terrorist organization, According to Politico.

A 2006 Press release from the Ministry of Justice said he had recognized “in the advocacy agreement he knew that the PIJ had used acts of violence as a means of achieving its objectives. Nevertheless, Al-Arian continued to help the terrorist organization, for example, by depositing official documents to obtain the advantages of immigration for the Pij Bashir Nafi, and by carrying terrorist associations of various people associated with the PIJ.”

“Al-Arian admits that he gave services for the PIJ in 1995 and thereafter, when he was a professor at the University of Southern Florida and after having known that the PIJ had been appointed by President Clinton as a terrorist organization,” the press release said.

“I went to higher education with Jonathan Brown,” said Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhor Posted on X. “I am dismayed to see him call Iran to attack American troops and his fear against Israeli civilians. @ Georgetown – Enough!”

“These are the people who teach your children in colleges and universities”, the conservative influencer Laura Loomer Posted on X. “@Georgetown should dismiss him.”

In a follow -up article on Monday morning, Brown told his disciples that he had deleted the position and explained why.

“I deleted my previous tweet because many people interpreted it as a call for violence”, Brown Posted on X. “This is not what I intended. I have two members of the immediate family in the American army who served abroad and who would not want to harm American soldiers … or to anyone!”

When he was contacted to comment on his controversial article, Brown told Fox News Digital that he “meant something like just after Solimani had been killed, with a telegraphic warning and no American victim and no one felt an additional need for attacks.”

“I called for deactivation because I am very opposed to American involvement in foreign wars,” he continued.

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The smoke rises from the construction of Iranian state television after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Photo ap)

A spokesperson for Georgetown University told Fox News Digital that the university was “dismayed” by the publication of social media.

“We are dismayed that a member of the faculty calls for a” symbolic strike “at a military base in an article on social networks. The original declaration comes from a member of the faculty and not from the university, and the member of the faculty has since abolished the post and declared that he would not want to prejudice to become American circles,” said the spokesperson. “We examine this question to see if additional measures are justified. We take the concerns of our community seriously and condemn the language which is deeply incompatible with the values ​​of Georgetown University.”

President Donald Trump announced that the United States had struck a trio of nuclear installations in Iran via a Saturday evening truth social post, which was not preceded by a media leak of previous indication, such strikes were imminent.

The president ordered us to the B-2 stealth bombers to carry out strikes against the nuclear installations of Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan of Iran.

“Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and completely erased,” said Trump. “And Iran, the Middle East intimidator, must now make peace. If they do not do so, future attacks would be much larger and much easier.”

Emma Colton of Fox News Digital contributed to this report