Berlin

The Iranian regime’s plot to murder the Saudi ambassador to the United States, which could have killed dozens of Americans in Washington, has not deterred Europe’s governments from continuing to embrace the leaders of the Islamic Republic.

Indeed, five European lawmakers, including German parliamentarians Barbara Lochbihler and Kurt Lechner, were supposed to travel to Tehran to meet with Iranian politicians this week. The political “trip” would have cost roughly 100,000 euros of EU taxpayer funds. (Last Wednesday, however, Tehran apparently denied visas to a number of European Union officials in advance of the five-day trip.)

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