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Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi missing in helicopter crash as frantic rescue mission is launched - hours after posing for pictures with Azerbaijan's leader
UK Daily Mail ^
| May 19 2024
| KAMAL SULTAN
Posted on 05/19/2024 7:31:32 AM PDT by knighthawk
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in a helicopter crash hours after posing for pictures with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and rescuers are frantically trying to reach the site. The aircraft was traveling in Iran's East Azerbaijan province near Jolfa, around 375 miles northwest of Tehran, when it suffered a 'hard landing', according to Iranian state television.
Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, but had been hampered by the poor weather conditions in the area. There had been heavy rain and fog reported with some wind.
The helicopter was one of a convoy of three and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Friday prayer Imam Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem and other high-ranking officials were also reportedly on the helicopter with the president.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Iran; News/Current Events
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To: allendale
If they are dead...it will be interesting if the Iranian people organize another uprising....I expect that they would. But the VP will take over if the Pres. is dead within 60 days.
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posted on
05/19/2024 8:52:54 AM PDT
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
To: knighthawk
To: mware
That's why I use life-streams....if you hit the green News Box it brings down a selection of foreign news sites in English
103
posted on
05/19/2024 8:55:37 AM PDT
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
To: knighthawk
Foggy conditions. Maybe shoulda stayed put. Who knew that gotta-get-there-ism was a multicultural phenomenon?
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posted on
05/19/2024 8:57:02 AM PDT
by
LizzieD
To: mad_as_he$$
we thought Gadafi was bad too....
it turns out he was a scapegoat for our cabal leaders....
is this another see i aye hit?....like they've probably done for decades....
be careful what you wish for....
believe it or not , the American govt is not the good guy anymore...
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posted on
05/19/2024 8:57:25 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: marcusmaximus
Getting toward night time there....the fog is thick as mud....raining and forested mountainous area will make this rescue difficult to find
106
posted on
05/19/2024 9:01:16 AM PDT
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
To: ChronicMA
107
posted on
05/19/2024 9:04:53 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
( MSNBC ghouls pretend their 'base' is elites - it's why Biden won't campaign in the black community.)
To: GOPJ
To: knighthawk
Who will be (or already was) the first to blame climate change?
109
posted on
05/19/2024 9:11:32 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
To: caww
Sure sounds like the Kobi crash.
110
posted on
05/19/2024 9:11:56 AM PDT
by
mware
To: GOPJ
Interesting foot-note....
Iran flies a range of helicopters, international sanctions have made it difficult for Tehran to obtain the required parts for them. Most of the helicopters operated by the military date back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
111
posted on
05/19/2024 9:12:24 AM PDT
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
To: marcusmaximus
“If the Mountain won’t go to Mohammed, then Mohammed must come to the Mountain."
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posted on
05/19/2024 9:13:19 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: caww
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posted on
05/19/2024 9:14:11 AM PDT
by
mware
To: caww
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posted on
05/19/2024 9:14:53 AM PDT
by
fatima
To: marcusmaximus
What’s the deal with Iranian bureaocrats and gaudy rings? Does anyone know?
To: lefty-lie-spy
A gaudy ring was the only thing left after President Trump droned Soleimani.
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
ValJar - the brains of the #JihadJunta… Barry is lacking in that department.
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posted on
05/19/2024 9:20:06 AM PDT
by
Shady
(The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
To: caww
Besides Raisi, the Iranian Foreign Minister and the Ayatollahs Personal Representative to Azerbaijan were also on that helicopter.
Reports on Twiiter are starting to surface that Raisi is dead.
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posted on
05/19/2024 9:20:44 AM PDT
by
srmanuel
(Q)
To: srmanuel
Heavy fog and rain there
119
posted on
05/19/2024 9:22:33 AM PDT
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
To: caww
Iranian Military on Full Alert..... Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, is holding an emergency meeting with the National Security Council
120
posted on
05/19/2024 9:25:33 AM PDT
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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