{"id":2249940,"date":"2024-05-21T21:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T01:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-senators-slam-biden-admin-for-offering-condolences-over-butcher-of-tehran\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T21:49:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T01:49:07","slug":"republican-senators-slam-biden-admin-for-offering-condolences-over-butcher-of-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-senators-slam-biden-admin-for-offering-condolences-over-butcher-of-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Senators Criticize Biden Admin for Conveying Condolences to &#8216;Butcher Of Tehran"},"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\">24<\/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%2Frepublican-senators-slam-biden-admin-for-offering-condolences-over-butcher-of-tehran%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=2249940&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>Republican U.S. \u2062Senators criticized President \u2064Biden&#8217;s administration for offering condolences following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-federal-investigators-reveal-likely-reason-for-helicopter-crash-that-killed-kobe-bryant\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Federal Investigators Reveal Likely Reason For Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant\">helicopter crash<\/a> that killed Iran&#8217;s President Raisi and Foreign Minister\u2064 Abdollahian in East Azerbaijan Province\u2063 due to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanessa-bryant-settles-wrongful-death-lawsuit-with-helicopter-company-involved-in-husbands-fatal-crash\/\" title=\"Vanessa Bryant Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit With Helicopter Company Involved In Husband\u2019s Fatal Crash\">thick fog<\/a>. Senator Barrasso condemned Secretary Blinken&#8217;s statement\u2064 mourning\u200b Raisi, referring to him as\u200d the &#8216;Butcher\u200c of Tehran,&#8217; \u200chighlighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">human rights<\/a> concerns. The Republican U.S. Senators criticized President Biden&#8217;s administration for expressing condolences\u2064 after\u200d the helicopter crash that claimed the \u2064lives of Iran&#8217;s President Raisi and Foreign Minister\u200b Abdollahian in\u2063 East Azerbaijan Province. Senator Barrasso condemned Secretary Blinken&#8217;s tribute to Raisi, calling him the &#8216;Butcher of \u200cTehran,&#8217; emphasizing human rights issues.  <\/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<p>Republican U.S. Senators slammed President Joe Biden\u2019s administration this week for offering condolences after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran\u2019s<\/a> president was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian crashed in Iran\u2019s East Azerbaijan Province after encountering extremely thick fog.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d the U.S. State Department said in a statement. \u201cAs Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) slammed Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a hearing this week over the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it should be a normal course of business. I think it\u2019s shocking that this administration would mourn the death of the \u2018Butcher of Tehran.\u2019 I don\u2019t,\u201d Barrasso said. \u201cHe\u2019s responsible for death, rape, torture, the sworn enemy of the free world. So I think it\u2019s a terrible mistake, Mr. Secretary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hank-williams-jrs-wife-cause-of-death-revealed-related-to-cosmetic-surgery\/\" title=\"Hank Williams Jr\u2019s Wife Cause Of Death Revealed, Related To Cosmetic Surgery\">statement mourning<\/a> the death of Iranian President Raisi \u2013 a mass murderer who targeted, threatened, and attacked Americans.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s shocking that this administration would mourn the death of the \u201cButcher of Tehran.\u201d It\u2019s a terrible mistake. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nKwSHuRUG2\">pic.twitter.com\/nKwSHuRUG2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnBarrasso\/status\/1792968537495015515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) responded to the statement on X: \u201cUnder the \u2018Butcher of Tehran,\u2019 Iran armed and assisted terrorists with American blood on their hands. Offering condolences for the death of this monster is a disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Under the \u201cButcher of Tehran,\u201d Iran armed and assisted terrorists with American blood on their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Offering condolences for the death of this monster is a disgrace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dO8bF2Jspt\">https:\/\/t.co\/dO8bF2Jspt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1792622476641321114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Joni Ernst also responded on X: \u201cThis is the \u2018Butcher of Tehran\u2019 who chants death to America. The President of the United States should not express his condolences to our adversary as Iran continues to kill U.S. officials and citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the \u201cButcher of Tehran\u201d who chants death to America.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the United States should not express his condolences to our adversary as Iran continues to kill U.S. officials and citizens. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nv8i160uYO\">pic.twitter.com\/Nv8i160uYO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJoniErnst\/status\/1792706286628602163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican U.S. Senators criticized President Biden&#8217;s administration for offering condolences following the helicopter crash that killed Iran&#8217;s president. The crash occurred in Iran&#8217;s East Azerbaijan Province due to heavy fog. The U.S. officially expressed sympathy for the incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2249941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/09\/Ebrahim-Raisi-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/09\/Ebrahim-Raisi-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}