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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1246 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1246

 Condemning the Department of State's statement expressing condolences 
  for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister 
        Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2024

Mr. Huizenga (for himself, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Norman, Mrs. Miller of West 
 Virginia, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. 
Moran, and Mrs. Kim of California) submitted the following resolution; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Condemning the Department of State's statement expressing condolences 
  for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister 
        Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation.

Whereas Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was notably referred to as the ``Butcher 
        of Tehran'' and helped oversee the mass executions of thousands of 
        political prisoners in 1988 after the Iran-Iraq war;
Whereas, in 2019, the Department of the Treasury sanctioned President Raisi for 
        his participation ``in a so-called `death commission' that ordered the 
        extrajudicial executions of thousands of political prisoners'';
Whereas the Iranian regime, under President Raisi's watch, subjected thousands 
        of protesters to mass arrests, enforced disappearance, torture, and 
        killings following nationwide protests;
Whereas President Raisi supported the Iranian regime's security services as they 
        cracked down on dissent following the aftermath of the 2022 death of 
        Masha Amini leading to more than 500 people killed and over 22,000 
        people detained;
Whereas President Raisi supported the Iranian regime's enrichment of uranium up 
        to near-weapons-grade levels while denying international inspectors in a 
        move to undermine Western ideals;
Whereas President Raisi supported the April 2024 assault on Israel that saw over 
        300 drones and missiles fired from Iranian soil;
Whereas the Iranian regime routinely provides about $100,000,000 annually to 
        Palestinian terror groups that have killed Americans and have taken 
        others hostage during the barbaric assault on Israel; and
Whereas, on May 20, 2024, the Department of State released a press statement 
        expressing ``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'': Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives condemns the Department 
of State's statement expressing condolences for the death of Iranian 
President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other 
members of their delegation.
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