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El-Sayed Faces Backlash Over Refusing IRGC Condemnation

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  • U.S. Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed avoided condemning Iran’s IRGC during a University of Michigan town hall.
  • Iman Dashti confronted El-Sayed, describing his cousin’s IRGC chase and his uncle’s death sentence.
  • After the confrontation, Dashti reported online threats, doxxing and family harassment.
  • Critics claimed El-Sayed refused direct condemnation of the IRGC after the viral town-hall video.
  • El-Sayed, who won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in August, now faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers.