伊曼·达什蒂就泄露音频中赛义德关于哈梅内伊逝世的言论及迪尔伯恩市守夜活动质问这位民主党参议院候选人
2026年9月23日 美国东部时间晚8:55 / 福克斯新闻
密歇根州民主党联邦参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德在一场市政厅活动中被一名学生就伊朗问题及其过往对阿里·哈梅内伊的言论提出质问。
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一名密歇根学生在周三的一场市政厅活动中，就伊朗问题质问民主党联邦参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德，他先提及自己家人据称遭受伊朗政权迫害的经历，随后反复追问候选人是否站在反对伊朗政府的伊朗民众一边。
自称波斯裔的伊曼·达什蒂在密歇根大学的市政厅活动中告诉赛义德，他的家人曾在伊朗政府治下遭遇不幸。
“我的堂姐因为头巾戴得不合规，被伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队在伊朗街头追捕，”达什蒂说道。他还声称，她的叔叔被伊朗政府判处死刑并遭受了50鞭刑。
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密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德于2026年8月26日在密歇根州安阿伯市密歇根剧院举行的学生见面会期间与记者交谈。（杰夫·科瓦尔斯基/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
达什蒂随后就今年早些时候的一段泄露音频质问赛义德，音频中赛义德表示，他不想就伊朗前最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊的逝世置评，因为“今天迪尔伯恩市有很多人感到悲伤”。
“这种沉默在我们社区留下了巨大的空洞，”达什蒂周三对赛义德说道。
达什蒂询问赛义德是否对当时的沉默感到后悔，是否会谴责那些为哈梅内伊举行守夜活动的人，以及他是否“明确反对伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队”和伊朗伊斯兰共和国。
赛义德回应称，美国过于频繁地扮演“世界警察”，同时表示他支持海外的民主与自由运动。
战争爆发6个月后，美国必须为伊朗政权倒台后的未来做准备
民主党联邦参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德于2026年8月29日在密歇根州兰辛市举行的密歇根民主党提名大会上发表讲话。（阿纳多卢通讯社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
“人们可以不同意外国的治理方式，可以声援自由与民主运动，”赛义德说道。
他随后拒绝了美国主导的伊朗政权更迭政策。
“我将永远支持民主运动，永远站在民主运动一边，”赛义德说道。“但我也认为，我们发动战争推翻伊朗政府的做法是错误的。这不是我们的责任。伊朗人民有责任决定他们的领导层应该是什么样子。”
达什蒂再次追问他。
“你站在我们这边吗？”他问道。
“我将永远站在自由与民主运动一边，”赛义德回应道，随后再次警告美国不要介入政权更迭。
“我们不应该从事政权更迭的勾当，”他说道。
片刻之后，赛义德补充道：“毫无疑问，我希望伊朗人民获得自由与民主。但我希望这由伊朗人民自己完成，他们作为一个社区团结起来，共同决定如何在本国实现民主变革。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系赛义德的竞选团队，就此次对峙事件寻求更多置评，并尝试通过Instagram联系到达什蒂。
曾在8月份赢得密歇根州民主党参议院初选的赛义德，正在与共和党前众议员迈克·罗杰斯角逐即将由民主党参议员加里·彼得斯退休后空出的席位。这场竞选已经吸引了大量全国性关注和资金投入。
此次伊朗问题对峙是周三在赛义德的母校举行的“学生vs亿万富翁”市政厅活动中几次引人注目的对峙之一。
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密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德于2026年8月29日在密歇根州兰辛市举行的密歇根民主党2026年提名大会上发表讲话。（萨拉·赖斯/彭博新闻社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
在讨论公共卫生基础设施时，赛义德似乎对民主党和将赢得2028年白宫职位的性别做出了预测。
“我期待着与2029年就职的下一位民主党总统合作，”赛义德说道，并补充说他希望与本届政府合作，更新美国的公共卫生基础设施。
赛义德没有点明他所指的人选是谁。
他的此番言论发表之际，2024年民主党总统候选人、前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯重返密歇根州为赛义德助选。哈里斯尚未宣布2028年总统竞选计划。
赛义德在活动中还批评了总统唐纳德·特朗普和副总统JD·万斯。
“唐纳德·特朗普和JD·万斯似乎总是把我的名字挂在嘴边，”赛义德说道。“不过他们其实不太会念我的名字，这没关系，因为我相信有教导的机会。”
特朗普和其他全国性共和党人在中期竞选期间多次将目标对准赛义德，而赛义德则以批评总统作为回应。
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“正如他在回应中所表明的那样，阿卜杜勒将永远站在自由与民主运动一边，他谴责政府的反言论自由暴力行为，”赛义德的竞选发言人罗克西·里奇纳在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中说道。
“阿卜杜勒也明确表示，美国不应该将我们的税收资金用于海外的政权更迭战争，这些战争夺走我们军人的生命，浪费我们的税收，推高物价。他认为，美国纳税人的资金最好用于国内，投资于基础设施、教育和医疗保健。”
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Michigan student confronts El-Sayed over Iran stance in tense exchange: ‘Do you stand with us?’
Iman Dashti pressed the Democratic Senate candidate on leaked audio about Khamenei’s death and Dearborn vigils
September 23, 2026 8:55pm EDT / Fox News
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is pressed by a student at a town hall about Iran and his past comments on Ali Khamenei.
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A Michigan student confronted Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about his position on Iran during a town hall Wednesday, invoking his family’s stated persecution by the Iranian regime before repeatedly pressing the candidate on whether he stood with Iranians opposing the government.
Iman Dashti, who identified himself as Persian, told El-Sayed during a town hall at the University of Michigan that members of his family had suffered under Iran’s government.
“My cousin was hunted in the streets of Iran by the IRGC because her hijab wasn’t on right,” Dashti said. He also alleged that her uncle was sentenced to death and received 50 lashes under the Iranian government.
ABDUL EL-SAYED PROTESTED AGAINST ‘EX-TERRORISTS’ WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY, UNEARTHED REPORT REVEALS
Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, speaks with reporters during a Student Meet and Greet at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 26, 2026.(Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
Dashti then confronted El-Sayed over leaked audio from earlier this year in which he said he did not want to comment on the death of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because “there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad today.”
“That silence had a gaping hole in our community,” Dashti told El-Sayed Wednesday.
Dashti asked El-Sayed whether he regretted that silence, whether he would renounce people who held vigils supporting Khamenei and whether he stood “unequivocally against the IRGC” and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
El-Sayed responded by arguing that the United States has too often acted as “the world’s policeman” while saying he supported movements for democracy and freedom abroad.
AFTER 6 MONTHS OF WAR, US MUST PREPARE FOR A FUTURE AFTER IRAN’S GOVERNMENT FALLS
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, speaks at the Michigan Democratic Nominating Convention in Lansing, Mich., Aug. 29, 2026.(Anadolu via Getty Images)
“One can disagree with the governance of a foreign country. One can stand in solidarity with freedom and democracy movements,” El-Sayed said.
He went on to reject U.S.-led regime change in Iran.
“I will always stand for and with democratic movements always,” El-Sayed said. “But I also don’t believe that we were in the right to go to war to topple the government of Iran. It was not our responsibility to do. It is the responsibility of the people of Iran to decide what their leadership should look like.”
Dashti pressed him again.
“You stand with us?” he asked.
“I will always stand with movements for freedom and democracy,” El-Sayed responded, before again warning against U.S. involvement in regime change.
“We should not be in the business of regime change,” he said.
El-Sayed added moments later, “I want freedom and democracy for the people of Iran, no question. But I want that to be done by the people of Iran, coming together as a community to decide how to create democratic change in their society.”
Fox News Digital reached out to El-Sayed’s campaign for additional comment on the exchange and attempted to reach Dashti through Instagram.
El-Sayed, who won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in August, is running against Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. The contest has drawn substantial national attention and spending.
The Iran confrontation was one of several notable exchanges during Wednesday’s “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall at El-Sayed’s alma mater.
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Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, speaks during the Michigan Democratic Party’s 2026 nominating convention in Lansing, Mich., Aug. 29, 2026.(Sarah Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
While discussing public health infrastructure, El-Sayed appeared to make a prediction about the party and the gender that will win the White House in 2028.
“I’m looking forward to working with the next Democratic president when she takes office in 2029,” El-Sayed said, adding that he hoped to work with that administration to modernize the nation’s public health infrastructure.
El-Sayed did not identify whom he had in mind.
His remarks came as former Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democrat presidential nominee, returned to Michigan to campaign with El-Sayed. Harris has not announced a 2028 presidential campaign.
El-Sayed also criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance during the event.
“Donald Trump and JD Vance can’t seem to keep my name out their mouth,” El-Sayed said. “They don’t really know how to say it, though, which is fine, because I believe in teaching opportunities.”
Trump and other national Republicans have repeatedly targeted El-Sayed during the midterm campaign, while El-Sayed has responded by criticizing the president.
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“As he noted in his response, Abdul will always stand with movements for freedom and democracy, and he condemns government anti-free speech violence,” Roxie Richner, El-Sayed’s campaign spokesperson, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Abdul has also been clear that the United States should not be in the business of spending our tax dollars abroad on regime change wars that take our service members’ lives, waste our tax dollars and raise our prices. He believes American taxpayer dollars are best spent here at home to invest in infrastructure, education and healthcare.”
Jasmine Baehr is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, legal debates surrounding life and family policy, as well as faith and culture.