A spokesperson for the Biden State Department released an official message expressing condolences to Iran for the death of its mass-murdering President Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi was also fond of getting “Death to America” chants going at his public appearances.
State Department spot Matthew Miller is sorry that guy is dead.
“The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran. As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms,” the brief statement read.
From The Free Beacon:
Raisi, a longtime hardliner who was close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was known for leading chants of “death to America” during public events in Iran. In February, during a rally in which onlookers burned American and Israeli flags, he slammed the U.S. for supporting “the Zionist regime’s crimes against humanity in Gaza.”
“I say to the enemies; you want to hear the word of the people? These are the great people of Iran,” Raisi was quoted as saying, as the crowd chanted “death to America” and “death to Israel.”
Raisi—who is known as “the Butcher of Tehran”—was one of the main architects of a 1988 massacre in Iran that killed around 5,000 regime opponents. Raisi at the time served on the hardline government’s “death committee” that issued death sentences to scores of political opponents.
Raisi was sanctioned by the U.S. government in 2019 for his role in committing mass human rights abuses “over three decades.”
More over at The Free Beacon:
Biden attacks the Israeli prime minister but sends condolences to a mass murdering Iranian dictator.
He’s not on our side! https://t.co/saiUfBAdZz
— Chris Plante Show (@ChrisPlanteShow) May 20, 2024
