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MattE

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Iranian president and foreign minister DEAD!!!
May 20^th, 2024 at 4:37am

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".

Ayatollah Khamenei prays for safe return of President Raeisi after helicopter incident

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
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Re: Iranian president helicopter crash
Reply #1 - May 20^th, 2024 at 7:22am

MattE wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 4:37am:

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.

I'm almost, waiting for Iranian media, to release a report,
blaming the Zionist state, for the 'take down'.

It is not beyond the realms of possibility, that we would see such an accusation.

Tongue

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Grappler Deep State Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 84960 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: Iranian president helicopter crash Reply #2 - May 20^th, 2024 at 11:22am Very sad.....
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49224 At my desk.	Re: Iranian president helicopter crash Reply #3 - May 20^th, 2024 at 11:25am Hopefully he is dead, and whoever replaces him is a bit more reluctant to fund terrorism in the middle east.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11758 Armidale Gender:	Re: Iranian president helicopter crash Reply #4 - May 20^th, 2024 at 12:23pm There was a bumping sound from Prigozhin's tomb in St Petersburg but Putin told him to lie down.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 138435 Gender:	Re: Iranian president helicopter crash Reply #5 - May 20^th, 2024 at 1:46pm MattE wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 4:37am: 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". Is the helicopter okay?
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 138435 Gender:	Re: Iranian president helicopter crash Reply #6 - May 20^th, 2024 at 1:50pm 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."
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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 47131 Gender:	Re: Iranian president helicopter crash Reply #7 - May 20^th, 2024 at 1:51pm "President Raisi's helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all passengers are feared dead," an Iranian official told Reuters news agency.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 138435 Gender:	Re: Iranian president helicopter crash Reply #8 - May 20^th, 2024 at 1:59pm Frank wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 1:51pm: "President Raisi's helicopter was completely burned in the crash … ... Damn. It was an old Bell 212. Such a waste.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 138435 Gender:	Re: Iranian president helicopter crash Reply #9 - May 20^th, 2024 at 2:06pm freediver wrote on May 20^th, 2024 at 11:25am: Hopefully he is dead, and whoever replaces him is a bit more reluctant to fund terrorism in the middle east. Muhammad Mukhbar takes over as President. Then, they'll organise an election in the next 50 days.
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Re: Iranian president and foreign minister DEAD!!!
Reply #10 - May 20^th, 2024 at 3:35pm

He's dead.

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.

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Grappler Deep State Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 84960 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: Iranian president and foreign minister DEAD!!! Reply #11 - May 20^th, 2024 at 3:40pm Perhaps Assisted Allah's Will.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 106006 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Iranian president and foreign minister DEAD!!! Reply #12 - May 20^th, 2024 at 5:23pm Let's start a new conspiracy theory. Did Ukraine bump him off as he was selling death drones to Russia?
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Grappler Deep State Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 84960 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: Iranian president and foreign minister DEAD!!! Reply #13 - May 20^th, 2024 at 5:33pm They was martyred.... that's the latest ...
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MattE Full Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 234 Gender:	Re: Iranian president and foreign minister DEAD!!! Reply #14 - May 20^th, 2024 at 5:34pm Press TV (an official news agency in Iran) is labelling him as a "martyr".
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