{"id":43994,"date":"2026-04-07T17:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=43994"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:17:17","slug":"son-of-iranian-regimes-screaming-mary-spokeswoman-teaches-psychology-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=43994","title":{"rendered":"Son of Iranian Regime&#8217;s &#8216;Screaming Mary&#8217; Spokeswoman Teaches Psychology in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The 43-year-old son of an Iranian regime leader is reportedly living in Los Angeles and working as a college psychology lecturer at The Chicago School.<\/p>\n<p>The man was identified as Eissa Hashemi, the son of\u00a0Masoumeh Ebtekar who was dubbed \u201cScreaming Mary\u201d when she was a spokesperson for the militants who took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 during the Iran Hostage Crisis, the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/us-news\/son-of-irans-twisted-pr-chief-found-living-life-of-luxury-in-la-and-hes-teaching-superrich-california-kids\/\">reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2041260238356009040\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/2041260238356009040\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hashemi, whose name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/academics\/faculty\/byname\/seyed_eissa_hashemi\/\">appears<\/a> on The Chicago School website, is facing calls for deportation via Change.org petitions.<\/p>\n<p>One petition said, \u201cWhile the mother has no regret of occupying the U.S. embassy in Tehran, many Iranians have been affected by this action while her own son has taken advantage of living in the U.S.\u00a0We want Issa Hashemi and his wife, Maryam Tahmasebi, to be fired from the U.S. as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hashemi has also been accused of never denouncing his mother\u2019s actions during the hostage crisis that resulted in 52 Americans being held for 444 days.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Iran Hostage Crisis 1979 (ABC News Report From 11\/11\/1979)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A8bC1DEYbI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/son-of-iranian-hostage-takers-schooled-by-great-satan\/27300298.html\">reported<\/a> that Hashemi was a doctoral student at the Los Angeles branch of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p>The article said that during the hostage crisis, his mother was often seen on American television reports and \u201crepeatedly and unabashedly explained her hatred for the United States,\u201d the outlet continued, noting she grew up in Philadelphia:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Eissa Hashemi is not alone \u2014 a number of children of Iranian officials have reportedly made the choice to study in Western countries, including the United States.<\/p>\n<p>But as could be expected, Hashemi\u2019s choice has led critics to question how his parents could allow their son to study in the country they once regularly denounced. After all, hostility toward the United States is one of the pillars of the Islamic establishment that Ebtekar and her husband helped forge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the hostage crisis, Ebtekar became the\u00a0first female vice president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2026\/01\/20\/iranian-american-activists-want-relatives-senior-regime-officials-deported\/\">reported<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage from 1979 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wB3HjAysN7Y\">shows<\/a> her speaking to a reporter, claiming, \u201cThe United States is an imperialist power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Iranian Hostages | American Embassy | TV Eye  | 1979\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wB3HjAysN7Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2026\/04\/05\/feds-arrest-niece-and-grand-niece-of-notorious-iranian-general-the-pair-living-designer-lifestyles-in-la\/\">said<\/a> Sunday, \u201cIranian terror mastermind Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani\u2019s niece \u2014 who showcased her lavish Los Angeles lifestyle on social media while bashing the U.S. as the \u2018Great Satan\u2019 \u2014 was arrested by federal authorities over the weekend and will be removed from the U.S. with no chance of ever returning,\u201d adding the woman\u2019s daughter was also arrested.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2026\/04\/07\/report-son-of-iranian-regimes-screaming-mary-spokeswoman-teaches-psychology-in-los-angeles\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 43-year-old son of an Iranian regime leader is reportedly living in Los Angeles and working as a college psychology lecturer at The Chicago School. 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