Sen. Ted Cruz and Princeton faculty member Seyed Hossein Mousavian (Getty)
Mousavian had invited Cruz to publicly debate him so that the American people could judge the facts of the matter.
"If you do not accept this offer, I ask you to read some of the books and articles I have written over my 15 years of academic work at Princeton University," he wrote.
"You will see that all of them focus on establishing peace between Iran and the United States, introducing a peaceful resolution of Iran’s nuclear crisis based on NPT, avoiding dragging America into another devastating war in the Middle East, promoting peace, stability, and security in the Persian Gulf, and making the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction."
The ex-Tehran official said he had been arrested by Iran in 2007 and forced out of the country in 2009.
Fox News Digital reached out to Cruz, Mousavian and Princeton University for comment.
Mousavian previously expressed support for Hamas and Hezbollah and attended the funeral of terrorist Qassem Soleimani – who had been killed in an attack ordered during President Donald Trump’s first administration.
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In 2023, several top Republicans, including House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky and now-DOGE chairman Aaron Bean of Florida, wrote to Princeton with their concerns about Mousavian's tenure.
The letter expressed how Mousavian had been the Berlin ambassador during a time when "a German court found [it] served as the headquarters for the planning of the 1992 assassination of four Iranian dissidents" at a Greek restaurant in the capital.
"Did Princeton consult with U.S. government officials regarding the hiring of Mousavian?" they asked.
Fox News Digital's Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.
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Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.
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