Because Iran is renowned for its tolerance of other religions?
Via Weekly Standard:
A man described as President Obama’s “spiritual adviser,” Pastor Joel Hunter, recently visited Iran for a week to discuss “religious tolerance” in the famously oppressive countty. Now Hunter will, according to a news report, brief President Obama on his trip there.
“Joel Hunter, a spiritual adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama, recently spent about a week discussing religious tolerance with officials in Iran, a country often singled out by rights groups for its intolerance toward its religious minorities. Hunter, a senior pastor of Northland Church in Florida who led a delegation of U.S. religious leaders to the Islamic republic, says he was invited by Iranian religious leaders and scholars to attend a conference,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported over the weekend.
“Hunter, who describes himself as someone who helps Obama get closer to God, says he will brief the U.S. President on his trip, which included a visit to the holy city of Qom.