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Biden, U.N. Hosted ‘Butcher of Tehran’ President Raisi in NY Against GOP Opposition

The Biden administration faced fierce Republican opposition last year after deciding to host the recently deceased Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi — a Holocaust denier nicknamed the “Butcher of Tehran” for his role in the mass executions of tens of thousands of political prisoners — in New York for the 2023 United Nations General Assembly.

Sunday, the search team reported. located According to the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA), this was the site where the helicopter carrying the Iranian president crashed. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian and other officials were also reportedly on board the departing helicopter. do not have In a mountainous area with fog, rain and cold.

Subsequent Iranian state media declared Raishi died.

Raisi once served as a member of the central committee of the national Death Penalty Commission, and although his death could spark a succession dispute and destabilize the government, he ordered mass executions of opponents of the Islamic regime. He has an extensive criminal record and is facing charges. involvement in a series of gross human rights violations, including the execution of thousands of political prisoners, including pregnant women and teenage girls;

Under Raisi, security forces and government officials responsible for a violent crackdown on protests that killed more than 1,000 demonstrators in 2019 were met with impunity. He has also been widely criticized for his role as a member of the infamous 1988 “death committee” that tortured and hanged some 30,000 political prisoners.

In addition, Raisi has worked with terrorists and rebels, including the interior minister, who was wanted by Interpol for the 1994 bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, and the foreign minister, who has close ties to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. He appointed Western hardliners to cabinet positions.

News of the crash saw Iranians around the world celebrate Raisi’s possible death, with people on social media and in the diaspora community expressing joy and sharing footage of fireworks.

Maryam Rajavi, the incoming president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), whose members were brutally murdered by Raisi, said: said It said the Iranian leader’s death “represents a monumental and irreparable strategic blow to Supreme Mullah Ali Khamenei and his entire regime, which is notorious for executions and massacres.”

“It will cause a series of ripples and crises within the theocratic tyranny and spur rebellious youth into action,” she added.

Rajavi also declared that “the curse of his mother and those who seek justice for those executed marks the legacy of Mr. Raisi, the notorious perpetrator of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners, as well as a catastrophe for the Iranian people and history.”

Last year, Republicans voiced opposition to the decision to allow Raisi to enter the United States and attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, especially in light of U.S. sanctions for “complicity in gross human rights violations.” Raised.

in letter In a September speech to President Biden, Republican Senators Rick Scott (Fla.), Katie Boyd Britt (Ala.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Ted Budd (North Carolina) and Tom Cotton (Arkansas) highlighted Raisi’s role as leader of the world’s “largest state sponsor of terror.”

“There is no excuse for his administration’s active involvement in terrorism and its threat to former U.S. officials and the national security of the United States, Israel, and our allies,” they argued.

The senators cited Raisi’s “many actions” that showed “unabashed sympathy and support for the world’s most evil and dangerous monsters,” and said he and his delegation “will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.” “I’m not allowed to do that,” he demanded.

“Dictators and thugs with a track record of sponsoring terrorism and undermining democracy have no place in the United States, much less at the United Nations,” Sen. Scott said Saturday.

“Joe Biden needs to end his weak appeasement policy and immediately deny visas to Iranian and Cuban delegations,” he added.

senator brit slammed It was a “shameful decision” and called it “the latest in a long line of dangerous appeasement policies by the Biden administration.”

The Alabama senator accused President Biden of “sending a clear message to the world that the United States condones terrorism,” adding, “President Biden’s continued missteps on the world stage are a warning to all Americans. “The safety and security of the country is being seriously threatened.”

“A murderer should not have a visa to the United States,” declared Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), who had urged the Biden administration to block Raisi’s visa. “This regime is opening the door to the United States for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who assassinates dissidents and disregards basic human rights.”

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) said, “Welcoming tyrants like Díaz-Canel, Maduro, Raisi, and Ortega into our country does nothing to the countless victims who have suffered under their authoritarian rule.” It sends a terrible message.”

“The sight of mass murderer and terrorist leader Ebrahim Raisi arriving in America, the country he hates and vows to die for, is disgusting and a sign of weakness,” said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina). It sends a signal.”

“Biden is insulting our allies while welcoming terrorists into America and giving them dollars for mass murder,” he added.

“Iranian President Raisi is a serial human rights abuser and mass murderer with a history of targeting Americans,” wrote Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.

“Butchers in Tehran should not have the privilege of setting foot on American soil, but the United Nations welcomes them,” she added.

“President Raisi helped orchestrate the execution of approximately 5,000 dissidents in the 1980s and is set to speak on U.S. soil this week,” wrote Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney of New York, highlighting the SEVER Act she reintroduced with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to “prohibit terrorist acts such as: [Raisi] prohibited from entering the United States.”

“It’s a simple concept: a butcher in Tehran should not be allowed to set foot on American soil. But the Biden administration intends to welcome him with open arms,” ​​she wrote in another post. “President Raisi must be immediately banned from attending the United Nations General Assembly,” she said.

“This is completely outrageous,” Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wrote. “Raisi is a monster who called for the death of President Trump and other U.S. officials.”

“He’s under sanctions and banned from the US. Biden is letting him in anyway for propaganda purposes,” he added.

Former US Vice President Mike Pence previously accused The Biden administration has threatened to “unravel all the progress” the Trump administration has made in alienating the Iranian regime.

He also slammed the Biden team’s concessions to “tyrants” in Tehran, its virtual abandonment of its ally Israel, and its “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.” These are emboldening the “enemies of freedom” who now feel the “weakness” of the American regime.

The current administration has reinstated the failed Obama-era nuclear deal, eased sanctions, and provided the Islamic Republic with funding to support terrorism, thereby eliminating Iran and its terrorist proxies, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. It has long been accused of emboldening the powerful. and regional invasion.

Moreover, weak responses to attacks by Iranian-backed militias and policy shifts in the Middle East have been seen as “appeasing” to theocratic regimes.

Recently, the Biden administration approved Sanctions against Iran’s ballistic missiles expire in October, just six months before last month’s ballistic missile attack on Israel.

Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @Joshua Klein.

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