Iran's former president -- known as the 'Butcher of Tehran' for his role in the mass murder of thousands of political prisoners -- was killed in a helicopter crash over the weekend, along with the country's Foreign Minister. A murderous hardliner within an evil regime, he will not be missed. Yet statements of condolence and sadness poured in from around the world after the news broke, not just from some of the worst state actors across the globe, but also from Western sources. European Union officials, for instance, expressed sorrow over the "tragic" incident. Did the Biden administration, which is forever fixated on appeasing these theocratic thugs, join in the chorus?
They sure did:
The State Department expresses "official condolences" for the death of Iran's president pic.twitter.com/uftFME9IhG
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) May 20, 2024
The Biden representative at the United Nations Security Council also joined other members of that body to stand in honor of the deceased killer:
Did… did the UN Security Council, including the US representative, just stand to honour Ebrahim Raisi, butcher of Tehran? pic.twitter.com/E7jEVrjTNX
— Jake Wallis Simons (@JakeWSimons) May 20, 2024
Are you kidding me?
The Senate Chaplain just offered a prayer for the Butcher of Tehran: "Lord, we pray for the Iranian people who mourn the death of their president." pic.twitter.com/FDjzJKFXCJ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 20, 2024
NATO got in on the act, too:
Our condolences to the people of #Iran for the death of President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and others who perished in the helicopter crash.
— NATO Spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah (@NATOpress) May 20, 2024
While supposed defenders of freedom, liberty, and life publicly mourned the loss of a leader of one of the most violent, terrorism-facilitating governments on earth, many Iranian victims of the regime openly celebrated. This takes courage:
As always, I am in awe of the bravery of Iranians.
— Navid Mohebbi نوید محبی (@navidmohebbi) May 19, 2024
In Mashhad, Ebrahim Raisi’s hometown, people set off fireworks in celebration of his helicopter crash.
It's not like protesting in the West. They face jail, torture & everything but they still protest.
pic.twitter.com/nceMRqBAUT
In the United States Senate, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell directed his condolences appropriately, quite unlike the Biden State Department:
I, too, would like to extend my condolences to the people of Iran… For their long suffering under the brutal, theocratic rule of the Islamic Republic. I suspect a great many Iranians would rather Western admirers stop lionizing a man known as the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ for executing political prisoners. They might prefer that foreign leaders not further legitimize the regime that actively represses all of them...For years, Tehran has moved steadily in just one direction – toward more terrorist violence abroad, and more repression at home. And no matter who Iran’s president has been, the regime in Tehran has continued to engage in rampant proliferation of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and UAVs while making steady progress toward a nuclear weapons capability. So I’d also like to extend my condolences to Iran’s neighbors who still live under the constant threat of a regime that practices what it preaches: Death to Israel, death to America, war on international commerce, and chaos across the Middle East.
Biden at least got this one right, in the face of an outrageous step from an illegitimate and morally-diseased institution:
POTUS: "We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security." 2/2
— Pat Ward (@WardDPatrick) May 20, 2024
A number of Benjamin Netanyahu's internal critics and rivals stood shoulder to shoulder against the ICC's appalling move, with unity government minister Benny Gantz calling its pursuit of arrest warrants against the Jewish State's leader for prosecuting a defensive war against a terrorist aggressor "a crime of historic proportion:"
War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz:
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) May 20, 2024
“The State of Israel is waging one of the just wars fought in modern history following a reprehensible massacre perpetrated by terrorist Hamas on the 7th of October.
“While Israel fights with one of the strictest moral codes in history, while…
The prosecutor’s request is a moment of shame for the ICC and the world community.
— Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט (@naftalibennett) May 20, 2024
It also provides a huge boost to global Jihadi terror.
An ICC that compares the executor of a deliberate murderous attack that included raping women and burning babies,
with those who are…
I'll leave you with an underreported story about the Biden administration's abandonment of yet another country, setting back America's ability to combat Jihadists in Africa, and leaving large amounts of equipment behind to the military junta and its Russian friends in the process:
So not only did the US get all of our troops kicked out of Niger (& essentially replaced by Russian troops), but apparently we are going to leave behind the base we built AND extensive equipment (cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to US taxpayers).
— AG (@AGHamilton29) May 20, 2024
What a disaster. https://t.co/9NU6zwHQ0v
"What is left to say at this point?" asked former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus. "How does anyone defend this abysmal record?"
