Blinken Defends Condolences for Iranian President Raisi: 'Normal Course of Business'

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 21^st 2024 at 12:12

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday that offering condolences to Iran for the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on Sunday was the "normal course of business."