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Helicopter carrying Iran's president suffers a 'hard landing,' state TV says without further details
Washington Post ^ | May 19, 2024

Posted on 05/19/2024 6:18:34 AM PDT by rdl6989

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating.

Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Iran
KEYWORDS: azerbaijan; ebrahimraisi; hardenoughihope; hardlanding; iran; irgc; qudsforce; veryhardlanding
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1 posted on 05/19/2024 6:18:34 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

It’s crazy how something like that happens, it could be an accident, or it could be sabotage, /wink wink


2 posted on 05/19/2024 6:20:34 AM PDT by srmanuel (Q)
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To: rdl6989

I’m sure there was no foul play. 🙄


3 posted on 05/19/2024 6:26:56 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: rdl6989

Not Mossad. Honest.


4 posted on 05/19/2024 6:30:00 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: rdl6989

He was as legitimately voted into office as our own dear leader.


5 posted on 05/19/2024 6:34:03 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: rdl6989

Any landing he can walk away from is a bad landing.


6 posted on 05/19/2024 6:41:58 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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To: rdl6989

they will put out all kinds of reports without saying anything definite.


7 posted on 05/19/2024 6:43:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: rdl6989
In this situation "hard landing" might mean a Kobe Bryant type landing.
8 posted on 05/19/2024 6:44:40 AM PDT by fso301
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To: rdl6989; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; ...
Gosh, that sounds terrible. I sure hope nothing good happened to him.

9 posted on 05/19/2024 6:48:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: MichaelPLaw1971

Just think if an internal Iranian power struggle was happening, take out your biggest political rival and blame it on Israel.


11 posted on 05/19/2024 6:56:49 AM PDT by srmanuel (Q)
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To: rdl6989

Uh, oh.

The helicopter went down near Jolfa, a city on the Iran-Azerbaijan border about 375 miles northwest of Tehran, the Iranian capital. Raisi’s helicopter was traveling in a convoy with two other helicopters, both of which reportedly landed safely.

Tasnim News Agency reported that foggy weather complicated search efforts for Raisi’s helicopter. The rescue operation is ongoing.

https://www.newsweek.com/iranian-presidents-helicopter-incident-everything-we-know-1902268


12 posted on 05/19/2024 6:56:55 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: rdl6989

Was this hard landing, hard enough?


13 posted on 05/19/2024 6:57:26 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: rdl6989

There have been stories saying Israelis have conducted ops from Azerbaijan with cooperation of its govt.


14 posted on 05/19/2024 7:11:59 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: rdl6989

Well, well, well...
Putin’s number one ally, president Ebrahim Raisi, may have left our planet...
Knowing the paranoia Putin is suffering from, he will probably never use any helicopters from now on...


15 posted on 05/19/2024 7:12:03 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE (The only thing needed for Evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Libloather

“Tasnim News Agency reported that ‘foggy weather’ complicated search efforts for Raisi’s helicopter.”

You don’t suppose “foggy weather” was a factor in the “landing”?


17 posted on 05/19/2024 7:36:46 AM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦....We are in the later stages of a Communist takeover...)
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To: rdl6989

If it’s Israel, first, good on ya. Second. I hope they start using confiscated Russian weapons for their wet work.


18 posted on 05/19/2024 7:44:40 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: MichaelPLaw1971

I would agree with you.


19 posted on 05/19/2024 7:45:45 AM PDT by srmanuel (Q)
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To: MichaelPLaw1971

Please keep out of it. Please.


20 posted on 05/19/2024 8:04:47 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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