Recently, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi died when his Vietnam-era Bell 212 helicopter carrying him and his Foreign Minister crashed in the mountains of northern Iran. After reading that the United Nations observed a moment of silence for “The Butcher of Tehran”, with the Deputy US Ambassador to the UN standing during that moment, and Joe Biden sending a letter of condolence, I felt compelled to offer my own tribute to Iran’s dead leader.
 Ebrahim Raisi, the “Butcher of Terhran” |
“The Zionists said that their goal was to conquer Gaza, but they failed. They said that their goal is to destroy Hamas, but they failed. They said that they want to destroy the resistance groups, and they failed. If we were to assess the Zionists’ operations thus far, we can say that they have not succeeded [at all].” – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, November 23, 2023, talking about “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”, the Hamas invasion of Israel. |
“There is a time for war and time for peace. Now is time for war.”
– Benny Gantz, leader of Israel’s moderate National Unity party, Oct 11, 2023
“We have gone on offensive, every Hamas terrorist is a dead man.”
– Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, Oct 11, 2023
“I have removed every restriction — we will eliminate anyone who fights us, and use every measure at our disposal.”
– Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, Oct 11, 2023
Perhaps Israel / Hashem didn’t “Fail” after all?
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi – Major Accomplishments
Sources: BBC World News, al-jazeera News, Yahoo.com
| 1960 – | Born in Mashdad, Iran’s second city |
| 1975 – | Studied at a Shia religious seminary in Qom; his skills were eventually recognized as being one level below Ayatollah |
| 1979 – | Protested agains the Shah of Iran, who was ousted by Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic Revolution |
| 1981 – | At 21, became a prosecutor of Karaj and Hamadan provinces |
| 1983 – | Married Jamileh Alamolhoda; they raised two daughters |
| 1985 – | Deputy City Prosecutor of Tehran, at age 25 |
| 1988 – | Member of a four-man “Death Commission” responsible for the execution of 3,000 to 30,000 political dissidents |
| 1989 – | Appointed Prosecutor of Tehran following the death of Iran’s first Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini |
| 2004 – | Appointed Deputy Chief Justice of Tehran, served until 2014 |
| 2006 – | Joined Iran’s Assembly of Experts, which appoints the Supreme Leader of Iran |
| 2016 – | Became Chairman of the Astan Quds Razavi, the largest land endowment in the world and owner of 351 companies, with an estimated worth of about $15 Billion. |
| 2017 – | Ran for president, lost to moderate reformist candidate Hassan Rouhani. A former member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, Rouhani was barred from the Assembly after Raisi became president in 2021. |
| 2019 – | Appointed Chief Justice by Ayatollah Khamenei |
| 2021 – | Elected president of Iran after what was widely considered a heavily-rigged election |
| 2022 – | As President, tightened Iran’s Morality Laws and expanded Iran’s nuclear program |
| 2023 – | Killed over 550 and arrested over 20,000 Iranians protesting against the Iran’s mandatory hijab laws following the 2022 arrest and death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini |
| 2023 – | Called Hamas’ invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023 “legitimate self-defense“, and claimed Israel’s military action to eliminate Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip was a “violation of all international rules“ |
| 2024 – | Sent over 300 drones and missiles into Israel in retaliation of Israel’s bombing of Iran’s Consular Annex in Syria. Israel’s precision strike killed eight officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who planned and executed the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, and his deputy, Brig-Gen Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, military liaison to anti-Israel fighters after the attack |
The “Religion of Peace” vs. “The Religion of God”
“And when the forbidden months have passed, kill the idolaters wherever you find them and take them prisoners, and beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent and observe Prayer and pay the Zakat, then leave their way free.”
– Holy Quran, 9:5
“Kill them wherever you come upon them and drive them out of the places from which they have driven you out. For persecution is far worse than killing.”
– Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah 191
“Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.”
– Holy Bible, Romans 12:17-21
“…do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”
– Holy Bible, Matthew 26:52-54
“But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
– Holy Bible, Revelation 21:8
Thanks for Reading! (and to Ebraham Raisi, enjoy an eternity of 72 Virgins or Fire & Brimstone)
