Well, if Hamas is an ally of the left, and Iran supports Hamas, doesn't that make Iran our ally too?

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Some people weren’t as sympathetic to the Iranian mullah’s loss, and said so:

To drive how crazy this is home, we need to discuss who Ebrahim Raisi was, though the fact that his nickname was the "Butcher of Tehran" kind of gives the game away without the need for further details. Specifically, Raisi signed an execution order in 1988 that led to the mass murder of thousands of dissidents who opposed the Islamic regime. He became no more moderate in his old age, arresting thousands of women in an attempt to quash protests that broke out in 2022. Hundreds were confirmed to have been raped and executed while in custody. 

That's just a small taste of the murderous tyranny Raisi partook in throughout his time in power. Yet, here is the Biden administration offering "official condolences" for a man who was on the same level as some of history's most violent and oppressive authoritarians. This is no different than had the United States offered condolences to the Germans for the death of Hitler. For context, there have been no American diplomatic relations with Iran since 1980. 

In other words, there was zero requirement or even expectation for condolences to be offered in this case. This was a choice made by Biden and Antony Blinken, the secretary of state who recently did a bad cover of "Rocking in the Free World" in Ukraine because he cares so deeply about "democracy" and freedom.