Iran's President and Foreign Minister die in helicopter crash

aidanodr

This is not good news in the current climate.

BREAKING: A helicopter carrying Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi has had a "hard landing", Iranian state television reported"

President Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.

State TV described the area of the incident happening as being near Jolfa, a city on the border with Azerbaijan.

Rescue teams are trying to reach the accident site.

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1792180917768695896

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Donald Trump

ToweringPerformance

What is the zionists said, "at a time and place of our choosing" was it?

aidanodr

Irish Journo tweet .. Lots of fog around the crash zone it seems

https://twitter.com/jason_corcoran/status/1792200700182847770

concerned_tenant

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122156890#Comment_122156890

It was foggy.

There is no evidence, aside from conspiracy theories (as usual), that the Israelis were involved.

Danzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157051#Comment_122157051

Was that mountain there yesterday though?

concerned_tenant

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157081#Comment_122157081

Next we'll be told that the Israeli's manufactured synthetic fog to obstruct the passage of the helicopter.

That aside, there will be millions of Iranians across the country who will not be devastated by this news. This president has presided over the torture and persecution of countless innocent Iranians — and he wants to drag the country into yet deeper medieval barbarism.

Danzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157102#Comment_122157102

He is no loss.

I doubt that he was killed by Mossad etc, I'd have no problem with that if he was but its not.

prunudo

helicopter travel is a risky mode of transport. Throw in mountainous terrain and changes in weather and the risk of things going bad gets higher.

xhomelezz

Lack of maintenance op.

Strumms

interesting choice of words.. ‘hard landing’

I wonder if ‘crash landing’ would be more appropriate.

concerned_tenant

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157180#Comment_122157180

"Hard landing" was probably chosen to downplay the seriousness of what has happened.

In reality, it is probably a full-blown helicopter crash due to poor weather in mountainous terrain.

POBox19

Hardliner gets a hard landing.

Over two hours since being reported down and no sign of the helicopter yet.

rogber

Dead Iranian president will be no loss to the world.

Maybe such a loyal servant to Allah that he got called to paradise early as reward?

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157196#Comment_122157196

yeah, with hard landing, I was thinking maybe engine failure and auto rotate, but then with footage of fog, could very well be weather related. Any word on model/type of aircraft.

Montage of Feck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157081#Comment_122157081

Mossad probably put it there!

cnocbui

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058352280/a-helicopter-carrying-irans-president-ebrahim-raisi-has-had-a-hard-landing-no-other-detail-yet

I think it's great news. Hope he's snuffed.

She was tasered and beaten to death in the back of a security forces van in 2022 after being sexually molested, aged 16.

The entire theocracy and revolutionary guard in Iran should be… given the sensitive mushy moralistic types, I better stop there.

Danzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157245#Comment_122157245

If Mohamed can't come to the mountain let the mountain come to Mohamed.

aidanodr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157276#Comment_122157276

Yes I understand. I have no gra for this guy either. I was just framing this event, with my not good news comment in the OP in relation to the current geopolitical situation in that region. Certain actors in all this will no doubt try to pin this on Israel or US etc ..

Kermit.de.frog

An Iranian news network is reporting he is fine and now traveling by motorcade.

We'll know soon enough.

POBox19

CNN reporting that Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and a group of dignitaries were also onboard the crashed helicopter.

Varik

Doesn't matter if Israel did it or not.

If it was something small they'd blame Israel and the US and threaten retaliation regardless of the cause, but this is big so they won't blame them.

Same as the drone strike against Iran's missile site, they didn't blame it on Israel even when it was very obviously them following Iran's earlier attack. They downplayed the damage and the attack and blamed some nameless small group using toys or whatever it was.

Even if they 100% thought it was them they won't, better it thought to be an accident than showing how vulnerable or weak they are.

aidanodr

Who was on board

On Board the missing helicopter were:

- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian

- East Azerbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati

- Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, representative of the Iranian supreme leader to East Azerbaijan

Rescue crews expected to reach the area in 30 minutes.

https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/1792225886357291207

Working class heroes

mad for the virgins apparently

concerned_tenant

Some speculating that foul play may possibly have been a cause because the two other helicopters travelling in the same convoy made it back safely. 

Of course, it's all speculation at this point. But it's a legitimate, possible cause (and no, not caused by the Israelis).

If not that, it's possible that there was a technical malfunction involved in tandem with the poor weather, difficult terrain etc.

swiwi_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157600#Comment_122157600

might be a bird strike. In which case definitely fowl play.

Donald Trump

Isn't it mad that people would think it was fine for one country to kill the President of another country (whether they actually did so or not). Based purely on their own ignorant prejudices.

concerned_tenant

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157696#Comment_122157696

There isn't a shred of evidence that Israel was involved.

So the idea that people "think it's fine" for it to happen isn't even a justifiable question to ask.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157709#Comment_122157709

Have another go at reading my post. I never accused Israel of anything.

I referred only to the attitude of posts stating that they'd have no problem if another country had been involved.

Let me know if you are still having difficulty

Kermit.de.frog

One look at the weather conditions would lean against foul play I would think without knowing any of the facts.

Bobson Dugnutt

This total bulb isn’t even a day in Iran and shït is hitting the fan.

cnocbui

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157638#Comment_122157638

Unless it was a bird of pray, in which case it would be divine intervention.