Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a former diplomat, member of a politically influential Iranian family, and current international affairs assistant in the Iranian judiciary, made the comments in an interview with Iranian state TV on May 30.Not that we needed additional proof of Iranian perfidy, but there it is nevertheless. That President Obama thought theocratic Iran the logical hegemon of Asia Minor was the height of folly.
However, with a close advisor - Valerie Jarrett - having grown up in Iran and a SecState - John Kerry - whose daughter married an Iranian-American surgeon, he was listening to far too many pro-Iran voices inside the tent.