Georgetown Professor Suggests Iran Strike a U.S. Base, Deletes Post

Jonathan Brown, a professor at Georgetown University and chair of the school’s Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, is facing sharp criticism after publicly suggesting that Iran should carry out a “symbolic” strike on a U.S. military base in response to American airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Brown, who also serves as director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown, made the statement on X over the weekend following U.S. military operations targeting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

In the since-deleted post, Brown wrote, “I’m not an expert, but I assume Iran could still get a bomb easily. I hope Iran does some symbolic strike on a base, then everyone stops.”

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The post continued with a series of controversial remarks. Brown wrote, “I’m surprised this is what these FDD/Hasbara people have been auto-erotically asphyxiating themselves for all these years.”

He went on to comment, “Ironically, the main takeaways (in my non-expert opinion, and I’m happy to be corrected) from all this have nothing to do with a US attack: 1) Iran can take a licking; 2) if Israel attacks Iranian cities, it gets f**ked up pretty bad.”

Brown added that he had been “shocked at the damage Iranian missiles caused,” and concluded with a joke about exiled Iranian figure Reza Pahlavi, writing, “despite his best efforts, Reza Pahlavi HVAC repair services still only third best in Nova.”

The post quickly circulated across social media platforms before being deleted. Brown’s X account was also switched to private.

I went to graduate school with Jonathan Brown.
I’m appalled to see him calling for Iran to attack U.S. troops and his awe at attacks on Israeli civilians.@Georgetown – enough! pic.twitter.com/UUEw4H2ale

— Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn (@SaraHirschhorn1) June 23, 2025

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Following public backlash, Brown posted a follow-up message in an attempt to clarify his original comments. “I deleted my previous tweet because a lot of people were interpreting it as a call for violence,” he wrote.

“That’s not what I intended. I have two immediate family members in the US military who’ve served abroad and wouldn’t want any harm to befall American soldiers… or anyone!”

As of Tuesday, Georgetown University had not issued an official comment regarding the incident.

The post sparked bipartisan concern, particularly over the professor’s role at an institution receiving funding from foreign sources, including the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center. Critics have called on the university to address the matter publicly.

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