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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This should make things interesting to watch in the Middle East for a while.
That was a ‘hard’ landing... Or as most people would call it... A stroke of good luck for humanity. They can run, but they can’t hide and the Mossad typically weeds them out. Hopefully his successor will keep that in mind.
Ha ha.
Give those pilots a medal!
Ebrahim, We Hardly Knew Ye!
hamas kill him dead …..
So we got a 6 for. Not too shabby.
Super double secret diabolical!
Have you factored in mountainous terrain?
Thats what happened to Kobe Bryant.
The Russians put out propo the helo was “shot down.”
So you now consider them a reliable source?
If we get a look at the wreckage, much will be revealed.
I jus loves happy endings!
...“Before becoming president in 2021, the ultraconservative had been the head of the judiciary.
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I guess this guy was MAGA huh? /extreme Sarcasm
He was dubbed the Butcher of Tehran. The public are dancing in the streets and shooting off fireworks.
With the current quickening of the magnetic poles shift perhaps there was navigation update mistake.
Old Bell helicopter, or an Iranian copy.
It was a Russian Mi-171, a commercial version of the Mig-8 according to Denys Davydov. You can trust him on the info, there is a picture of the PM getting off the helicopter with the #.
Also note that the video from a helicopter was from a previous flight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5JyxCfr9io&t=847s
Shin Bet or Shabak, is the Israeli internal security service.
Aman is military intelligence and Mossad is their foreign intel service.
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