FROM FOX NEWS: The chancellor of Syracuse University revealed his belief that pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protests were encouraged and potentially orchestrated by Iran while speaking on a panel this week in Washington, D.C.
Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke on a panel Tuesday alongside the chancellors from Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis and described the protest activity that took place on his college campus as well as other universities across the country.
Syracuse’s top official also discussed the difficulty of holding individuals, including students, accountable because of the use of face masks or coverings intentionally used to shield identity.
“[T]hings happened that I really believe were encouraged from Iran,” Syverud claimed. “[The protests] did not have the involvement of very many, if any, of our own students.”
“People were using masks to avoid accountability for what they were saying and doing,” Syverud also told the audience. He thought the people in masks may have been “activists from elsewhere.”
Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier agreed that the protests were likely backed by “organized networks,” while speaking on the panel.
“[Students] were looking at [and] were using the playbook that they had seen at Columbia and other places, and it was the same messaging. It’s more than social contagion,” he said.
“I think there are organized networks as well. And for sure we saw that.”
BREAKING: Top university leaders are now admitting the post–Oct 7 “Palestine” movement on campuses wasn’t grassroots — it was orchestrated.
Vanderbilt’s chancellor: “They’re organized networks.”
Syracuse’s chancellor: “I really believe this came from Iran.” pic.twitter.com/ZkkgTA7JIg
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) October 29, 2025
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