Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday that offering condolences to Iran for the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on Sunday was the “normal course of business.”Raisi was also seen as a hardliner, and suppressed protests by women, including Mahsa Amini, resulting in what Breitbart News’ Frances MartelWhen Sen.
Later, when Sen. Ted Cruz followed up with questions about the State Department’s condolences, Blinken conceded that “the Iranian people are probably better off” without him. Asked whether the State Department’s statement of condolences had made that point, Blinken falslely claimed that it had. 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.
Sen. Barrasso said that Raisi was “responsible for death, rape, torture — he’s a sworn enemy of the free world.” He called Raisi the “Butcher of Tehran,” and said that the State Department’s condolences had been “a terrible mistake.”on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET . He is the author of the recent e-book, “Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S.