The anti-Iranian American senator passed away
"Joseph Lieberman", a former American senator who was often known for taking anti-Iranian positions and supporting the Zionist regime, died at the age of 82 due to complications from a landslide. |
Fox News wrote that American Senator Joseph Lieberman was the first American of Jewish origin to be nominated for the first vice president by a major party in America.
In a statement, Lieberman’s family announced the cause of death of this former Connecticut state senator on Wednesday evening as complications from a landslide.
He was first elected to the Senate by the Democratic Party, and again in 2006, after failing in the primary elections of the Democratic Party, he won the Senate seat as an independent candidate.
In 2000, as the first Jewish politician, he was nominated for the position of vice president for Al Gore and the Democratic Party.
Lieberman ran for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2004, but dropped out after a poor showing in the primary.
Lieberman is known as one of the biggest supporters of the Zionist regime in Washington and one of the most anti-Iranian American senators.
He was also among the American officials who demanded more pressure and sanctions on Iran.
According to the report of the Associated Press, although Lieberman was a Democrat, he voted against this party on several important issues, including the war in Iraq, and in 2006, when he was going to run for senator in Congress for the last time, He participated in competitions independently and without party affiliation and won.
During the 2008 election campaign, against the position of the Democratic Party, Lieberman supported Republican Party candidate John McCain instead of Barack Obama.
Source: IRNA
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