{"id":126904,"date":"2026-04-07T12:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/democrat-whose-parents-fled-iran-moves-to-oust-hegseth-126904"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:16:16","slug":"democrat-whose-parents-fled-iran-moves-to-oust-hegseth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/democrat-whose-parents-fled-iran-moves-to-oust-hegseth-126904","title":{"rendered":"Democrat whose parents fled Iran moves to oust Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A Democratic congresswoman whose parents fled the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decades ago announced Monday she would file articles of impeachment against Secretary of War <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/pete-hegseth\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> for alleged war crimes amid the current conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Yassamin Ansari of Arizona previously told the New York Times she initially &#8220;felt a rush of hope, but also unease&#8221; when she learned Americans and Israelis had taken out Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February.<\/p>\n<p>But she has since been harshly critical of how the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/defense\/wars\/war-with-iran\">Trump administration has overseen the conflict<\/a>, including President Donald Trump\u2019s Easter message to what\u2019s left of Iranian leadership to &#8220;open the f&#8212;ing Strait&#8221; of Hormuz by Tuesday or risk strikes on critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Donald Trump\u2019s deranged statements \u2014 including one on Easter Sunday \u2014 are further entrenching our country and our world in another devastating, never-ending war,&#8221; Ansari said in a statement announcing her plans to impeach Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/77-year-old-house-dem-facing-younger-primary-challengers-seeks-impeach-donald-trump\"><strong>77-YEAR-OLD HOUSE DEM FACING YOUNGER PRIMARY CHALLENGERS SEEKS TO IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ansari claimed Trump is threatening war crimes in violation of the Geneva Convention and has already committed &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/longtime-trump-critic-reveals-why-she-thinks-iran-actions-wrong\">illegal actions and atrocities<\/a> already committed at his direction \u2014 including violence that has destroyed schools, hospitals, and critical civilian infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the daughter of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\">Iranian immigrants<\/a> who fled this regime, and as an American Congresswoman who swore an oath to the United States Constitution, I know that this cannot go on,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ansari&#8217;s father was a medical student studying in the United States when the Iranian Revolution broke out and couldn&#8217;t return to Iran, while her mother fled and was sent to live with another family in Delaware at age 17 after the Khomeini regime continually restricted women&#8217;s rights, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/28\/yassamin-ansari-arizona-iran-trump-conflict\">the UK Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ansari urged invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office and said she would file articles of impeachment and seek to formally impeach Hegseth &#8220;next week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-threaten-grind-senate-halt-force-public-iran-hearings\"><strong>DEMOCRATS THREATEN TO GRIND SENATE TO A HALT TO FORCE PUBLIC IRAN HEARINGS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She alleged the Pentagon chief &#8220;repeatedly violat[ed] his oath of office and his duty to the Constitution. Only Congress has the power to declare war, not a rogue president or his lackeys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hegseth\u2019s reckless endangerment of U.S. servicemembers and repeated war crimes, including bombing a girls\u2019 school in Minab, Iran, and willfully targeting civilian infrastructure, are grounds for impeachment and removal from office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth and Trump recently engineered the rescue of an airman shot down by Iranian forces over the weekend, with the president telling the press at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\">White House<\/a> that a large military operation was required.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Dan &#8220;Raizin&#8221; Caine declined to state how many troops were involved, likely for security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>When reached for comment, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson slammed the plan to impeach her boss, telling Fox News Digital that Ansari is &#8220;just another Democrat trying to make headlines&#8221; as an ongoing Mideast military operation and two &#8220;daring and successful&#8221; rescue operations were conducted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Secretary Hegseth will continue to protect the homeland and unleash epic fury on Iran\u2019s radical regime,&#8221; Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is just another charade in an attempt to distract the American people from the major successes we have had here at the Department of War.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrat-whose-parents-fled-iran-moves-oust-hegseth\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrat-whose-parents-fled-iran-moves-oust-hegseth <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democratic congresswoman whose parents fled the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decades ago announced Monday she would file articles of impeachment against Secretary of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-126904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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