The US State Department has issued a statement expressing condolences to Iran following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, also known as the “Butcher of Tehran.”
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said: statement The United States on Monday expressed “official condolences” for the deaths of Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian, and other officials who were aboard a helicopter that crashed in a mountainous area of Iran on Sunday. ” announced.
“The United States expresses its official condolences over the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian, and numerous other members of the Iranian delegation in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran,” the statement said.
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“As Iran elects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their fight for human rights and fundamental freedoms,” the US State Department continued.
Raisi has been the president of Iran since 2021.Mr. Raishi provided As a prosecutor in 1988, he became a member of a “death committee” that is believed to have led the executions of between 5,000 and 30,000 peaceful dissidents.
During his time as Iranian president, Raisi oversaw mass executions and numerous human rights violations by the Iranian regime.
The US Department of State report In 2023, “arbitrary or unlawful killings by the government and its agents,” torture, inhuman and cruel treatment, “life-threatening prison conditions,” restrictions on freedom of expression, and restrictions on religious freedom. detailed Iran’s human rights violations, including These include government corruption and early or forced child marriage, among others.
Other human rights violations include the “unlawful recruitment or use of child soldiers” and the acceptance of abuse by terrorist groups.
Furthermore, while Mr. Raisi was president, Iran remained the world’s largest state sponsor of international terrorism.
The Iranian regime is funding and arming Hamas, a US-designated Islamic terrorist organization that launched an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking over 250 hostages. This is widely known.
A screen grab taken from a video shows the location of the wreckage of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation, discovered in Iran on May 20, 2024. (Iranian Red Crescent/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Iranian search teams announced on Monday that they had found the site of a helicopter crash.According to Iranian state television and the Times of Israel, authorities said there were “no” signs of life. report.
era of israel report Iran’s Mehr news agency said Raisi died in a helicopter crash, adding that he had become a “martyr.”
Other media also reported the news, with Iran’s Mehr Agency announcing, “The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, was martyred in an accident while serving and fulfilling his duties for the people of Iran.”
Even before Raisi’s death was confirmed, Iranian citizens and rebel groups celebrated his death by setting off fireworks.
