We have been quite clear that Abraham Raisi was a
brutal participant in the repression of the Iranian people for
nearly four decades.
He was involved in numerous horrific human rights abuses,
including playing a key role in the extrajudicial killing of
thousands of political prisoners in 1988.
Some of the worst human rights abuses occurred during his
tenure as president,
especially the human rights abuses against the women and girls
of Iran.
That said, we regret any loss of life.
We don't want to see anyone.
Eye and helicopter crash.
But that doesn't change the reality of his record both
as a judge and as the president of Iran.
The fact that he has blood on his hands.
the United States had no part to play in in
that crash.
And so and that's that's a fact plain and simple.
We continue to monitor the situation,
but we don't have any any insights into the cause
of the of the accident at this point.
And certainly I know the Iranians are investigating or will
investigate and.
And so we'll see what the what the outcome is
once their investigation is complete.