Posted on 05/20/2024 1:20:14 AM PDT by Libloather
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday.
Raisi, 63, was confirmed dead by Iranian media today along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province Malek Rahmati and Tabriz's Friday prayer Imam Mohammad Ali Alehashem.
Two pilots and three other Iranian officials and security guards also perished in the crash.
Grainy drone footage from Iranian and Turkish news agencies showed how the helicopter had smashed apart on landing, and an Iranian official said the search teams who located the wreckage found 'no sign of life'.
Footage shared by the Iranian Red Crescent later this morning showed solemn rescuers carrying corpses on covered stretchers as they made their way through the forest from the crash site.
The nation's government held an 'urgent meeting' this morning, with Raisi's chair left vacant and covered in a black sash.
According to Iran's constitution, a new presidential election will need to be called within 50 days.
But Raisi's death is sure to trigger a power struggle, with a variety of ambitious candidates now set to vie for power.
Images circulated on social media showed Iranian citizens taking to the streets in mourning in the hours following the announcement of the president's death.
Raisi, who became president of Iran in 2021, was widely seen as a vassal for the regime and a yes man to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
He stormed to the presidency with a huge majority following the 2021 elections - but less than half of Iran's electorate turned out to vote after many more moderate candidates were barred from running.
As a young student at a religious seminary in the holy city of Qom, Raisi took part in protests against the Western-backed Shah...
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Neither did this craft, as the wreckage is reported to show no blast effect that would have scattered the wreckage.
Now, an adjustment to the navaids just might have led that helo into the ground as his 2 escort helos kept going and arrived. Which seems a bit odd.
Joe Bi-Dung will probably order our flags to half staff.
The diabolical joos no doubt got control of the GoldenEye satellite!!
So diabolical!
There’s an old story about a math professor in London during the Blitz and he refused to go to the shelters during air raids, he said of all the houses in London the statistical probability that his little house would be hit by a bomb was minuscule so he didn’t worry. Then one day he was down in the shelter and her asked why he said “in all of London there is only one elephant and last night it was hit by a bomb.”
[When you think your invincible and can fly in a helicopter in hilly mountainous terrain using VFR in the fog]
I was gonna say - this was like Kobe
Just wait until they find out that there are TWO GoldenEye satellites!!
A late 2024 Purim gift after the Iranian drone attacks.
Like Stevie Ray Vaughan specifically. Same type of helicopter too.
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In Under Siege: 2 they fracture a plane in flight
“An earthquake in mid-air”
I haven’t found the gif yet
Payback and justice served cold.
Let’s see how they respond today and later in the week.
Watch for Turkey, Russia, and Hezbollah.
We might even be targeted domestically.
Xiden will send them another $5 billion on pallets with his condolences. “No joke, sorry for your loss. Here’s some american taxpayer money to help you kill more Americans and Israelis.”
Were those findings of “no blast” made by the Russians or the Iranians? The NTSB should find out how they can make a finding in 24 hours in a remote wreckage location in bad weather. Some pretty slick technique.
No wonder North Korea’s Kim only takes the train.
Time for a train crash!
“Raisi sat on the panel in Tehran, which rights groups say ordered the execution of hundreds of enemies of the Islamic regime: Amnesty International estimates that nationwide, around 5,000 people were put to death.”
If you think my wrath is bad while while still here on the earth in a physical body, wait until I’m free of my body and can get inside your head to torment you. Many prayers on the other side were answered today.
As it should be. Our God is just.
Yep. Mother Nature and the law of unintended consequences are at work here.
twitter was immediately full of Mossad references, tongue-in-cheek and otherwise.
twitterverse dubbed copter pilot Eli Kopter almost immediately after news of crash.
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