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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Iran; News/Current Events
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To: knighthawk

How hard are they searching really?


21 posted on 05/19/2024 7:52:38 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: marcusmaximus
Died suddenly.

Fully Vaxxed for Covid?

22 posted on 05/19/2024 7:53:21 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: marcusmaximus

Foreign ministe Hossein Amirabdollahian
Friday prayer Imam Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem
and other high-ranking officials were also reportedly on the helicopter with the president .....


23 posted on 05/19/2024 7:53:33 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: caww; Spok
Apparently copter landing result of fog and bad weather

"Raisi's helicopter was traveling in a convoy with two other helicopters, both of which reportedly landed safely."

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also on board ...

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


24 posted on 05/19/2024 7:54:52 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: marcusmaximus

That guy looks like a German taxi driver.


25 posted on 05/19/2024 7:54:57 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: caww

Former high-ranking officials...


26 posted on 05/19/2024 7:54:57 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: caww

Nothing on Fox yet. This is big news.


27 posted on 05/19/2024 7:55:15 AM PDT by mware
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To: knighthawk

Would love to see his reaction when he met Jesus.


28 posted on 05/19/2024 7:55:16 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: knighthawk

“ Friday prayer Imam Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem”

So no prayers on Fridays anymore in Iran?


29 posted on 05/19/2024 7:55:19 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (We have not yet achieved peak crazy)
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To: knighthawk

video of the Rescue area
Very bad weather
Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi in East Azerbaijan crashes

https://rumble.com/v4w589n-helicopter-carrying-president-raisi-in-east-azerbaijan-crashes.html


30 posted on 05/19/2024 7:55:20 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: knighthawk

Here’s words to “live” by. Don’t fly helicopters in IMC (fog) conditions.


31 posted on 05/19/2024 7:56:39 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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Oh no! Not the Imam Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem, Minister of Hate. May Allah direct him down to the fiery abyss, do not pass go, do not collect $200 and surprise!, no 72 virgins.


32 posted on 05/19/2024 7:57:11 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Why aren't eleven and twelve pronounced like one teen and two teen?)
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To: knighthawk

“Senior officials from the Biden administration held indirect talks last week with the Iranian regime in the Gulf state of Oman to avoid “escalation” in the region — even as Iran’s proxies continue to attack Israel and global shipping. “

Puts on tinfoil hat.

I’m sure this is just a coincidence


33 posted on 05/19/2024 7:57:30 AM PDT by themidnightskulker
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To: janetjanet998

Wonder if MOSSAD was there to greet the copter when it landed.


34 posted on 05/19/2024 7:57:50 AM PDT by mware
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

35 posted on 05/19/2024 7:58:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Bob434

The Iranian state news agency IRNA called the mountainous area a “forest” and state television has aired footage of SUVs traveling through a wooded area. A rescue helicopter has been unable to reach the area where Raisi’s helicopter was thought to be due to heavy mist, emergency services spokesperson Babak Yektaparast told IRNA.

There were rumours including that the president wasn’t on the helicopter, he was in a car on the way to Tabriz. We now know this wasn’t true. There were other reports, such as that someone on the helicopters was in touch with the outside world, but that has proven not true.

Who was on the missing helicopter?
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian
East Azerbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati
Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, representative of Iranian Supreme Leader to East Azerbaijan

From the mouths of liars but not much reason to lie here.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/19/iran-helicopter-accident-live-president-fm-on-missing-aircraft


36 posted on 05/19/2024 7:58:11 AM PDT by JayGalt (DEI = Didn’t Earn It)
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To: knighthawk

Was it a Boeing craft?


37 posted on 05/19/2024 7:59:05 AM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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To: canuck_conservative

It says a “hard landing” and no injuries reported which could also mean they crashed and burned.


38 posted on 05/19/2024 7:59:15 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Why aren't eleven and twelve pronounced like one teen and two teen?)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Glad to see people still mentioning Jarrett. Mastermind and useful tool.


39 posted on 05/19/2024 8:00:57 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (The kernel of our firm's job is to go with lots. - tnlibertarian job offer letter)
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To: JayGalt

The list seems to be A “Who’s Who” of terror it seems-


40 posted on 05/19/2024 8:01:33 AM PDT by Bob434
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