Hillary Clinton, on her latest rumble and tumble of speeches aimed at the Bush administration, has accused it of downplaying Iran as a threat to national security and has subsequently called for sanctions against the regime. But in the wake of so many lobbying and corruption scandals in Washington, is Hillary playing a game of double standards? According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Clinton has received $5000 in campaign contributions from a PAC called the American Iranian Council, which is known to be against sanctions and in favor of restoring diplomatic and trade relations between America and Iran — something that would only further prop up the regime.

The money was raised from Hassan Nemazee and Faraj Aalaei, with further solicitations to Gati Kashani, all figures linked to AIC and the mullahs. Here is more factual information from John Spencer regarding Clinton’s pandering to this group in exchange for their money.

On its website, the Iranian American PAC noted, “On Friday June 3rd, Iranian American friends of the Hillary Clinton Senate re-election campaign hosted a fundraising event in honor of Senator Clinton. The event took place at the home of Gita and Behzad Kashani in Los Altos Hills, California.”

The PAC favors looser Visa rule for Iranians coming to the United States. The FBI opposes liberalized visas for the terrorist state. But in full pander mode, the PAC reported Clinton attacked United States Visa policy. “Senator Clinton went on to address the audience on topics specifically relevant to the Iranian American community. She discussed immigration and acknowledged the difficulties Iranian nationals have in obtaining visas to visit family members residing in America. ‘Our visa policy is not only unfair but it’s not good for America.’”

Pathetic. If taking on the mullahs is truly your conviction, you shouldn’t be taking money from them. Though skeptical, I had started to get a better image of her on the international stage because of her very in-your-face support of the democratic revolutions sweeping the world this past year. But this seems to prove what we already knew in the first place: it’s all for show.

UPDATE: Jim Hoft investigates further into the AIC’s fundraising activities.