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Iran’s President in Helicopter Crash — Confirmed Dead
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:33 am
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:33 am
LINK
CNN
Al-Jazeera says CNN has it wrong.
LINK
Update:
CBS
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A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday, according to Iran’s state media and the country’s mission to the United Nations, but has yet to be found by search-and-rescue workers because of heavy fog.
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Mr. Raisi was on an official visit to the province of Western Azerbaijan, a mountainous region in northwestern Iran.
CNN
quote:
“Some of the president’s companions on this helicopter were able to communicate with Central Headquarters, raising hopes that the incident could have ended without casualties,” Tasnim added.
Al-Jazeera says CNN has it wrong.
quote:
There were other reports, such as that someone on the helicopters was in touch with the outside world, but that has proven not true.
LINK
Update:
quote:
Rescuers on Monday found a helicopter that was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials that had apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran the day before, though "no sign of life" was detected, state media reported.
CBS
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 5:40 am
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:34 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Was he flying over Germany?
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:34 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Didn’t have that one on my bingo card.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:35 am to RanchoLaPuerto
I have no context whatsoever but I’m just saying that would be REAL convenient for a lot of people
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:35 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Prayers for his wives and family.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:37 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Whos is Iran at war with this week ?
I can't keep up with all this bullsheet
I can't keep up with all this bullsheet
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:41 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Doesn’t the religious leader do all the real decision making in Iran?
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:42 am to GRTiger
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Iran’s law stipulates that if the president dies, power is transferred to the first vice president and an election must be called within six months. The first vice president is Mohammad Mokhber, a conservative politician.
I don’t think that is good.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:42 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Hasn't he already walked away from the copter and resumed traveling to his destination?
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:43 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Hard to know what conservative means these days, but it's usually not great in Islamic theocracies.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:46 am to shutterspeed
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Hasn't he already walked away from the copter and resumed traveling to his destination?
AlJazeera says no.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:49 am to RanchoLaPuerto
He dead.
And Iran will blame Israel and U.S. of course.
And Iran will blame Israel and U.S. of course.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:51 am to jcaz
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And Iran will blame Israel and U.S. of course.
To be fair everyone who thinks probably went there in their brain pretty quick if not first.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:54 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Update from NYT:
quote:
Videos airing on Iranian state television show rescue teams driving along mountain roads in very thick fog and teams walking on green hills wearing the red and white vests of emergency teams. Rescue dogs are also being dispatched, according to state media.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 10:00 am to RanchoLaPuerto
Twitter has videos of search parties in dense fog. I’ll try to figure out how to embed.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 10:00 am to RanchoLaPuerto
CIA salivating right now
Posted on 5/19/24 at 10:01 am to AllDayEveryDay
We need to get there first so we can steal their technology.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 10:03 am to RanchoLaPuerto
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