{"id":2249514,"date":"2024-05-21T13:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-denies-irans-request-for-assistance-in-wake-of-presidents-death\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:39:58","slug":"biden-administration-denies-irans-request-for-assistance-in-wake-of-presidents-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-denies-irans-request-for-assistance-in-wake-of-presidents-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Rejects Iran&#8217;s Aid Request After President&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-denies-irans-request-for-assistance-in-wake-of-presidents-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iran \u200crequested U.S. assistance \u200dafter President Raisi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kobe-bryants-widow-wants-to-know-why-nike-is-making-a-shoe-she-designed-honoring-her-deceased-daughter-without-her-consent\/\" title=\"Kobe Bryant\u2019s Widow Wants To Know Why Nike Is Making A Shoe She Designed Honoring Her Deceased Daughter Without Her Consent\">tragic helicopter crash<\/a>, but the Biden administration declined. Despite willingness to aid, logistical challenges prevented cooperation. The State Department expressed condolences\u200d for\u2062 Raisi&#8217;s death amid backlash, emphasizing support for Iranian\u2064 citizens&#8217; rights. Raisi, aligned with Ayatollah Khamenei,\u2062 was seen as a hardliner, with upcoming elections\u200c restricted by Iran&#8217;s clergy. (55 words)  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/rmoorhead\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/rmoorhead\/%20\"><span>Richard Moorhead<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 21, 2024 at 10:33am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>An unusual request for assistance made by Iran to the United States government wasn\u2019t fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>The request was made after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi went missing in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/helicopter-crash-confirmed-location-iranian-president-unknown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helicopter crash<\/a> on Sunday in the country\u2019s East Azerbaijan province, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-says-it-was-unable-provide-iran-assistance-after-helicopter-cash-2024-05-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-iranians-break-celebration-notoriously-brutal-president-confirmed-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found dead<\/a> on Monday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>State Department spokesman Matthew Miller revealed that the Islamist dictatorship had asked the U.S. to help them in some form in the midst of the incident, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were asked for assistance by the Iranian government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Miller left the specifics of the request vague while revealing that the United States was willing to help its geopolitical adversary.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Footage from the Thermal-Imaging Camera of the Turkish Bayraktar \u201cAk\u0131nc\u0131\u201d Long-Range Surveillance Drone (AKINCI07), showing a Heat Signature which is believed to be the Crash Site of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s Helicopter in Northwestern Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLmW4CvHv6\">pic.twitter.com\/mLmW4CvHv6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1792361097347191157?\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe did make clear to them that we would offer assistance, as we would do in response to any request by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-communist-party-database-leaks-proves-party-members-have-infiltrated-foreign-governments-and-major-companies\/\" title=\"Chinese Communist Party Database Leaks, Proves Party Members Have Infiltrated Foreign Governments and Major Companies\">foreign government<\/a> in this sort of situation,\u201d Miller explained.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is Iran a major threat to U.S. security?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, tangible cooperation between the United States and Iran didn\u2019t materialize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, largely for logistical reasons, we were unable to provide that assistance,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why the two nations couldn\u2019t get on the same page for the project.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-slammed-for-issuing-odd-statement-on-iranian-presidents-death\/\" title=\"Criticism: Biden Admin's Peculiar Remark on Iranian President's Passing\">official condolences<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-slammed-issuing-odd-statement-iranian-presidents-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raisi\u2019s death<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/on-the-death-of-iranian-president-raisi-and-others-in-a-helicopter-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> while reaffirming support for human rights of Iranian citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The statement received backlash, and Miller defended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-ashli-babbitt-was-killed-by-capitol-police-on-january-6-they-still-wont-tell-us-who-did-it-or-why\/\" title=\"WALSH: Ashli Babbitt Was Killed By Capitol Police On January 6. They Still Won\u2019t Tell Us Who Did It Or Why.\">offering condolences<\/a> for Raisi in a Monday news conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reporter blasts Biden\u2019s State Department spokesman over offering condolences for Raisi\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: What exactly is official condolences?<\/p>\n<p>MATTHEW MILLER: It\u2019s condolences on behalf of the United States government.<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: Official condolences means absolutely nothing\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZIlrsmHOK\">pic.twitter.com\/iZIlrsmHOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bobby_LaVallley\/status\/1792641239830995097?\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Iran\u2019s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was also killed in the crash, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-killed-helicopter-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The death of Raisi, a hardliner widely seen as a puppet of Supreme Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ayatollah-khamenei-calls-for-muslim-coalition-against-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ayatollah\u00a0Ali Khamenei<\/a>, was celebrated by critics of the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Iranian\u2019s celebrating Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s crash to death in front of Iranian Embassy in London. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WhChAq3PKW\">pic.twitter.com\/WhChAq3PKW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Imtiaz Mahmood (@ImtiazMadmood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImtiazMadmood\/status\/1792508611731554731?\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The country is slated to conduct elections within 50 days.<\/p>\n<p>Only candidates permitted by Iran\u2019s Islamist state clergy will be permitted to run.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/have-you-seen-this-warning-hidden-inside-your-cellphone\/\" title=\"Have You Seen This Warning Hidden Inside Your Cellphone?\">warning means<\/a> that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to fight back hard, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45583\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/rmoorhead\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45583\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45583\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45583\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Richard Moorhead is a journalist, a graduate of Arizona State University, Army Infantryman, Gold Star grandson, and guitar player.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s plea to the US for help following President Raisi&#8217;s fatal helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan was declined. The Biden administration&#8217;s refusal came after Raisi&#8217;s tragic demise. 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