What a tragic accident.

The helicopter has been located but no word on his condition at this stage.

Reports are that the helicopter made a "hard landing".

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19 May 2024

PRESS TV (Iran)

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed his concern and sympathies to the Iranian nation after the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raeisi experienced a hard landing in a mountainous region in northwestern Iran.

"We hope that the Almighty God returns the respected and esteemed President and his companions to the embrace of the nation," Ayatollah Khamenei said on Sunday.

The Leader urged all Iranians to pray for the health and safety of President Raeisi and other public servants on board the helicopter.

"The Iranian nation should not be worried or anxious, there will be no disruption to the work of the country," he said.

The helicopter was transporting President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several other officials when it encountered difficulties and was forced to make a "hard landing."

FULL STORY: presstv.ir/Detail/2024/05/19/725879/Leader-prays-for-safe-return-of-president-af
ter-helicopter-incident-

Very sad.....

There was a bumping sound from Prigozhin's tomb in St Petersburg but Putin told him to lie down.

Sadly, it's a write-off.

"Drone footage of the wreckage taken by the Red Crescent and carried on state media FARS News Agency showed the crash site on a steep, wooded hillside, with little remaining of the helicopter beyond a blue and white tail."

Frank wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 1:51pm:


Damn.

It was an old Bell 212.

Such a waste.

https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/raisi-iran-president-helicopter-cra...

Iran's President Raisi killed in helicopter crash, state media confirms

By Kathleen Magramo and Jerome Taylor, CNN
Updated 1:31 a.m. ET, May 20, 2024

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash at age 63, Iranian news outlets have reported. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also among those killed, along with seven others.
His death comes at a fraught moment in the Middle East, with war raging in Gaza. The helicopter crashed weeks after Iran launched a drone-and-missile attack on Israel in response to a deadly strike on its diplomatic compound in Damascus.

Raisi was the second-most powerful person in the Islamic Republic's political structure after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.

Let's start a new conspiracy theory.

Did Ukraine bump him off as
he was selling death drones to Russia?

Press TV (an official news agency in Iran) is labelling him as a "martyr".

Gordon wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 5:42pm:


Executing thousands of political prisoners?

greggerypeccary wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 6:50pm:



I think it was only an accident but many
countries would be glad about it:
USA, Israel, Ukraine.
He was selling death drones to Russia used to kill people in Ukraine.
He has been at the head of a decades long proxy war against Israel.
The USA has been in a cold war with Iran since 1979.

He wasn't a nice guy -
he had the blood of many on his hands.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 7:11pm:



He was a murderer - he was a beast in league with Satan.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 7:19pm:



But it caused the death of someone who had it coming to them -

a despot, a murderer, a beast.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-raisi-confirmed-dead-in-helicopter-crash-nea...



Before becoming president, Raisi held various positions inside the judiciary under the purview of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. As a prosecutor, and at the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988,


The executions earned him the moniker and he was subsequently subjected to sanctions by the United States and to condemnation by the United Nations and international human rights organizations.

From 2006 until his death, Raisi served on the Assembly of Experts, a body that appoints and supervises the supreme leader.

Khamenei, who holds ultimate power with a final say on foreign policy and Iran’s nuclear program, had earlier sought to reassure Iranians, saying there would be no disruption to state affairs.

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 7:51pm:



I think St Peter will pull the lever on this one.   

Will the same command structure exist ?

Baronvonrort wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 11:03pm:


sounds like australia but replace the supreme leader with the property lobby council

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 11:16pm:



No - St Peter has only 2 choices:
use his key to open the gate or
pull the lever for the trap door.

Gordon wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 5:42pm:


By recreating the helicopter stunt scene in the movie Terminator 2?

They were probably doing a Mythbusters episode to see how plausible was Mike Durant's crash landing in Mogadishu in 1993.

MattE wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 5:34pm:


He didn't die doing Jihad he is not a Martyr.

He doesn't get the full serve of virgins in the Islamic heavenly brothel

Bobby. wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 11:20pm:



Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying - 1975 Earls Court

JC Denton wrote on May 21^st, 2024 at 2:00am:


He didn't die doing Jihad he isn't a martyr despite what the ignorant may claim.

Not my rules if he became a suicide bomber Allah would have given him far greater rewards in the Islamic afterlife.



Quote:


I don't know why people respect this flat earth belief.
Every muslim believes Muhammad rode a flying donkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buraq#:~:text=The%20Buraq%20(Arabic%3A%20%D8%A7%D9...