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.

Bill: 118-hres-1246
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2024-05-21
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution condemns the Department of State’s May 20, 2024, statement expressing condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian&nbsp;Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1246 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 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

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.