{"id":6269,"date":"2024-05-30T17:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=6269"},"modified":"2024-05-31T11:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T03:19:13","slug":"us-to-boycott-un-tribute-to-iran-leader-killed-in-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=6269","title":{"rendered":"US to boycott UN tribute to Iran leader killed in helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/K5GUAPHDY5NJLLODPHN3I2ZNMM.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6270\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (Reuters) &#8211; The United States will boycott a United Nations tribute on Thursday to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed earlier this month in a helicopter crash, a U.S. official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 193-member U.N. General Assembly traditionally meets to pay tribute to any world leader who was a sitting head of state at the time of their death. The tribute will feature speeches about Raisi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We won&#8217;t attend this event in any capacity,&#8221; a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters. The U.S. boycott has not previously been reported.Iran&#8217;s mission to the United Nations in New York declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raisi, a hardliner who had been seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed when his helicopter came down in poor weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border on May 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The United Nations should be standing with the people of Iran, not memorializing their decades-long oppressor,&#8221; said the U.S. official. &#8220;Raisi was involved in numerous, horrific human rights abuses, including the extrajudicial killings of thousands of political prisoners in 1988.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Some of the worst human rights abuses on record, especially against the women and girls of Iran, took place during his tenure,&#8221; the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.N. 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White House national security spokesperson John Kirby also said that day: &#8220;No question this was a man who had a lot of blood on his hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration was strongly criticized by some Republican members of Congress for offering condolences to Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raisi, 63, was elected president in 2021 and in office ordered a tightening of morality laws, oversaw a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests and pushed hard in nuclear talks with world powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (Reuters) &#8211; The United States will boycott a United Nations tribute on Thursday to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed earlier this month in a helicopter crash, a U.S. official said. The 193-member U.N. 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