Raisi, known as the “Butcher of Tehran”, died in a helicopter accident on Sunday along with Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials.The UK’s deputy ambassador to the UN, James Kuriuki, was among those who stood at the request of Russia, China and Algeria for a moment of silence the following day.
UN Security Council members observe a moment of silence in remembrance of Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials who died in a helicopter accident on 19 May“I hope no one in the FCDO approved the standing for a minute silence in the UN for the butcher of Tehran? If they did then ministers have questions to answer.
More than a year later, the so-called morality police are still upping patrols and women who refuse to wear headscarves are facing heightened abuse.at near weapons-grade levels, and has been criticised for disrupting international inspections amid concerns about the country’s nuclear power.He had been president since August 2021, when all of his feasible opponents were prevented from running.
Raisi himself faced sanctions from the US and other nations because he sentences thousands of prisoners of conscience to death in the 1980s. The US state department also ended up defending itself after offering its condolences in the wake of Raisi’s death earlier today.As representative Matthew Miller noted, the US has made similar statements in the past after other divisive leaders, such as Josef Stalin, died.