This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

Officials at Georgetown University have punished a tenured professor, removing him from the chairmanship position in his department and suspending him, after he called for a "symbolic" Iranian military strike on U.S. military forces.

The teacher, Jonathan Brown, was the Alwaleed bin Talal chairman of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at the school.

He posted, then deleted, his suggestion from just last month after the Trump administration's decision to bomb Iranian military sites where nuclear bomb components might have been under development that a broader conflict could be avoided and "everyone stops" war if Iran unleashed its military with "some symbolic strike on a base."

The Washington Examiner reported Georgetown interim President Robert Groves confirmed during a congressional hearing Brown was put on leave and removed from his post as department chair.

The report noted the swift action likely allowed the school to avoid a formal investigation into its Title VI compliance by the Trump administration, which already has looked at schools including Harvard over their handling, or non-handling, of anti-Israel protests and faculty.

"Within minutes of our learning of that tweet, the dean contacted Professor Brown, the tweet was removed, [and] we issued a statement condemning the tweet. Professor Brown is no longer chair of his department, and he's on leave, and we're beginning a process of reviewing the case," Groves confirmed to the House Education and Workforce Committee, which is reviewing anti-Semitism on American campuses.

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, in fact, retaliated against the U.S. after the nuclear sites were hit by attacking a U.S. military base in Qatar, but the move left little damage.

The Examiner revealed, "In addition to his controversial comments on the Iran conflict, Brown attracted censure in 2017 over statements he made during a lecture on Iranian slavery and sex. At the time, critics accused the Georgetown University professor, who is a Muslim, of condoning slavery and non-consensual sex in Iran while condemning Western societies for the same problems."

His comments, at the time, included, "I don't think it's morally evil to own somebody," and "Consent isn't necessary for lawful sex."