{"id":637980,"date":"2021-08-12T17:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T21:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=637980"},"modified":"2021-08-12T17:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T21:05:30","slug":"gop-reps-torch-eu-for-sending-official-to-attend-inauguration-of-new-iran-president-nicknamed-the-butcher-of-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-torch-eu-for-sending-official-to-attend-inauguration-of-new-iran-president-nicknamed-the-butcher-of-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Reps Torch EU For Sending Official To Attend Inauguration Of New Iran President Nicknamed \u2018The Butcher Of Tehran\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fgop-reps-torch-eu-for-sending-official-to-attend-inauguration-of-new-iran-president-nicknamed-the-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=637980&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>A group of House Republicans sent a Tuesday letter to the European Union (EU), slamming the governing body for sending a senior official to the inauguration of Iran\u2019s new president, Ebrahim Raisi.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/tenney.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/tenney.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/Letter%20to%20HRVP%20Borrell%20on%20Iran%20Inauguration_FINAL_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> was sent to the vice president of the European Commission, Josep Borrell Fontelles, and was spearheaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/claudia-tenney-house-republicans-to-introduce-end-zuckerbucks-act-prohibit-tax-exempt-organizations-donating-election-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Rep. Claudia Tenney<\/a>, who was joined by seven other Republicans. In it, they call the EU\u2019s decision \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and argue Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s election was a \u201csham\u201d and that the senior official should never have attended the inauguration. The lawmakers also slammed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/19\/ebrahim-raisi-mass-execution-iran-elections-win-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raisi<\/a> for his \u201cabhorrent human rights record,\u201d mentioning that this \u201cwhitewashes Raisi\u2019s brutal history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaisi oversaw some of the most violent crimes in Iran\u2019s past, including the extrajudicial executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988. Raisi was a member of the \u2018death commission\u2019 following the Iranian Revolution, which extrajudicially executed thousands of political dissidents in Gohardasht and Evin prisons,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, under Raisi\u2019s watch, the judiciary granted impunity to security forces and government officials responsible for the violent crackdowns on protesters during the protests of November 2019, in which more than 1,000 people were killed. These grave human rights abuses are indisputably crimes against humanity. The European Union\u2019s attendance minimizes the gravity of these heinous crimes,\u201d the letter continued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7259736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7259736\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7259736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-ATTA-KENAREAFP-via-Getty-Images-2131.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-ATTA-KENAREAFP-via-Getty-Images-2131.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-ATTA-KENAREAFP-via-Getty-Images-2131-186x120.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-ATTA-KENAREAFP-via-Getty-Images-2131-620x401-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-ATTA-KENAREAFP-via-Getty-Images-2131-768x497-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-ATTA-KENAREAFP-via-Getty-Images-2131-1536x993-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-ATTA-KENAREAFP-via-Getty-Images-2131-2048x1324-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7259736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Iranian ultraconservative cleric and presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi waves after casting his ballot for presidential election, in Tehran, on June 18, 2021. (Photo by ATTA KENARE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is disgraceful and disheartening that the European Union continues to tout its support for human rights and democratic principles abroad, yet it simultaneously legitimizes Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s election. Raisi is a murderer who killed thousands of his own people and came to power in an election that was neither free nor fair,\u201d the lawmakers added. \u201cHigh Representative Borrell should uphold the European Union\u2019s human-rights principles and stand with the Iranian people rather than honor and empower their corrupt and abusive leaders.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/19\/ebrahim-raisi-mass-execution-iran-elections-win-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Hardline Muslim Cleric Allegedly Behind Mass Executions To Be Iran\u2019s Next President)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other lawmakers who signed the letter included Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, Oklahoma Rep. Stephanie Bice, Florida Rep. Brian Mast, New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, Pennsylvania Rep. Fred Keller, and Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/irans-president-biden-ballistic-missile-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Iran\u2019s New President Says He Won\u2019t Meet With Biden, Nor Talk About Ballistic Missile Program)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raisi said in late June that he will not meet with President Joe Biden or <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/irans-president-biden-ballistic-missile-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">negotiate over Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program and its support for regional militias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi participated in a panel in 1988 that facilitated the killing of several of the Islamic regime\u2019s opponents, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/05\/09\/presidential-competitor-in-iran-once-approved-the-execution-of-thousands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as previously reported<\/a>. Around 3,500 to 15,000 people were allegedly killed in what has been described as a \u201cmass execution.\u201d The four-person panel was additionally dubbed the \u201cdeath commission\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/06\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-must-be-investigated-for-crimes-against-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amnesty International<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of House Republicans sent a Tuesday letter to the European Union (EU), slamming the governing body for sending a senior official to the inauguration of Iran\u2019s new president, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637980","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}