President Joe Biden should deny Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation entry into the United States for the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which starts Sept. 13.
First, Raisi, who has been sanctioned by the U.S. since 2019, has an atrocious human rights record. As the “Butcher of Tehran,” Raisi is responsible for 80k Iranian dissidents executed in 1988.
Second, Raisi has a history of spewing antisemitic rhetoric against the Jewish state of Israel which is part and parcel of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s broader ambition of a second Holocaust.
Third, Iran is shamelessly supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine by supplying Moscow with drones to use in its assault on Europe.
Finally, there’s Iran’s continued pursuit of terrorist assassination campaigns against former Trump administration officials
Source: IMFAT