Just hours after it was confirmed that a helicopter crash had claimed the life of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi — better known as the Butcher of Tehran — the U.S. State Department under President Joe Biden was offering “official condolences” on his loss.

The memo was sent out by State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller and read, in part, “The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran. As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

As some were quick to point out, Raisi — who earned his nickname when he presided over mass political executions in the late 1980s — was also “overseeing the Ministry of Intelligence’s efforts to assassinate former U.S. diplomats, including Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken’s predecessor, Mike Pompeo” among others.

The @statedept send its condolences on the death of Ebrahim Raisi.

Raisi was overseeing the Ministry of Intelligence’s efforts to assassinate senior former U.S. diplomats, including Secretary Blinken’s predecessor, @mikepompeo, and my former boss Brian Hook. pic.twitter.com/O43cEOyVCs

— Gabriel Noronha (@GLNoronha) May 20, 2024

“This is crazy. What is going on? Did we send condolences to Germany when Hitler died?” Bill Ackman wondered.

This is crazy. What is going on?

Did we send condolences to Germany when Hitler died? https://t.co/POG9jG3NHV

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) May 20, 2024

“The @StateDept also would like to express condolences to the family of Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Karl Marx,” Jim Miller added.

The @StateDept also would like to express condolences to the family of Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Karl Marx. https://t.co/vrg4PFrvyM

— Cap’n Jim Miller🇺🇸 (@FunnyJim1965) May 20, 2024

Critics also pointed out the fact that the United Nations Security Council had also held a “moment of silence” in honor of the deceased president — whose country is the number-one sponsor of terrorism worldwide.

The U.N. National Security Council held a Moment of Silence today for the Late President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi also known as the “Butcher of Tehran” who Died yesterday in a Helicopter Crash in Northwestern Iran. pic.twitter.com/ijAwOmimQf

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 20, 2024

NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah offered a similar message, prompting a response from Derrick Van Orden: “This is absurd. NATO is offering condolences for the death of a terrorist.”

This is absurd.

NATO is offering condolences for the death of a terrorist. https://t.co/iLSKlMwDPq

— Derrick Van Orden (@derrickvanorden) May 20, 2024

Retired Gen. Austin Miller, the former top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, warned the Biden administration that Afghanistan would get “very bad, very fast” when American troops began to withdraw.

Miller’s warnings, which went largely unheeded by the White House, were revealed to House investigators last month when the former top U.S. general testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee as part of a GOP-led investigation into the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan. The chaotic withdrawal – begun in February 2020 and completed in August of that year – contributed to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members in a terror attack outside of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Miller played a part in organizing and executing the withdrawal, though his term ended in July 2021 before the pullout was completed. The retired general told committee investigators last month that he was bothered by the White House’s “lack of understanding of the risk” that he attempted to impart, according to The Washington Post, which obtained a transcript of his testimony.

The retired general warned a Marine Corps commander in charge of contingency planning to prepare for “really adverse conditions” if an evacuation became necessary. President Joe Biden declared an evacuation on August 14 in the final weeks of the withdrawal as a Taliban blitz recaptured nearly the entire country.

“I did not foresee a good future for Afghanistan as I was departing,” Miller said. He added that he regretted not being more assertive in making Washington take his views and concerns seriously.

The U.S. was largely restricted to Kabul’s airport in the final weeks of the withdrawal after a hurried pullout from the rest of the country left billions of dollars worth of equipment behind, many Afghans who worked with the U.S. during its two-decade occupation and fight against terror groups, and hundreds of American citizens.

On August 26, 2021, days before the withdrawal ended, an ISIS-K terrorist blew himself up near Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate. The blast killed 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans. The terrorist was previously an inmate at Bagram Airfield, which the U.S. abandoned during the withdrawal and the Taliban later took control of. The terrorist was released from the Bagram prison by the Taliban.

The Biden administration continues to stand by its decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, calling the pullout the right “correct policy choice.”

“All the evidence is coming back. Do you remember what I said about Afghanistan?” Biden told reporters last year. “I said al Qaeda would not be there. I said it wouldn’t be there. I said we’d get help from the Taliban. What’s happening now? What’s going on? Read your press. I was right.”