Rob Sobhani

Who is Rob Sobhani?

Sohrab "Rob" Sobhani is an American author and lecturer on energy issues, U.S. immigration policies and U.S. policy toward the Middle East, Formerly a professor at Georgetown University, Sobhani is currently the president and founder of Caspian Energy Consulting, a company that specializes in working with companies that have business interests in the United States, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. Sobhani has published one book on immigration: Press 2 for English: Fix Immigration, Save America, and two books on foreign affairs: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia: A Leader of Consequence and The Pragmatic Entente: Israeli-Iranian Relations, 1948-1988.

Sobhani ran as an Independent candidate for the United States Senate in Maryland in 2012 against Republican nominee Daniel Bongino, Libertarian Dean Ahmad, and Democratic incumbent Ben Cardin. He received 17.1 percent of the vote; Cardin was re-elected.