Zakaria’s soft interview with Ahmadinejad, his friendly article about the regime and his advice to US administration to coexiste with the Mullahs should be interpreted as a campaign by special interest groups that try to prevent harsher sanctions against the Iranian regime.

Obama’s electoral calculation could prove totally wrong as the emboldened Iranian regime will certainly use its growing influence in Iraq to undermine the Arab spring and jeopardize US interests. In fact, empowering Iran in the region contradicts US policy of isolating and containing Iran and could negatively affect Obama’s image as a weak President who retreated from the Iranian challenge.Obama is completing the catastrophe in Iraq that has started with George W Bush.

Officially, Khavari has been heading the largest bank in Iran that is targeted by international sanctions. The Melli Bank along with other financial institutions are involved in regime’s terrorism and pursuit of nuclear weapon. However, Khavari’s involvement in such activities has not been a hurdle to obtain Canadian citizenship that facilitated his escape from Tehran and settling in North America.