Biden buddies up to pro-Iran lobby
Some might call it reaching out to American Muslims. But to many Iranians living in California, a fund-raiser for Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) at the home of a prominent pro-Iran lobbyist on Feb. 19 sent a wrongheaded message to the ruling clerics in Tehran.
“When we learned that Sen. Biden was planning to hold a fund-raiser at the California home of Dr. Sadegh Namazi-khah, we immediately contacted his office to express our dismay,” a prominent Iranian-American activist tells INSIGHT. Why dismay? “Dr Namazi-khah is well-known in the Los Angeles area for his support of the ruling clerical regime in Tehran and is one of the regime’s leading unofficial lobbyists in America. We thought that Sen. Biden might not know his background. Getting the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to appear at this event will certainly be seen by the regime in Tehran as a show of support.”
Today’s Best Part-Time Jobs On the eve of the fund-raiser, which brought an estimated $30,000 into Biden’s re-election coffers, a Biden staffer told the activist that the senator’s staff “had all the facts necessary to make a decision,” and he was planning to attend the fund-raiser despite the protests.