Iran Says Helicopter Carrying Its President Is Missing After Crash
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Here is most of the article.
A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran crashed in the northwestern part of the country, the interior minister said Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation to a mountainous area shrouded in heavy fog.
Rescue teams haven’t been able to locate the aircraft, the minister said, without providing any information on the president’s condition. Also aboard the helicopter was the foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, state TV said.
If the 63-year-old president is dead or incapacitated, the crash would deprive Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of a longtime ally and potential successor as Tehran angles for regional dominance through armed militias that are fighting the U.S. and Israel.
Drones, dogs and search and rescue teams were being used to try to locate the helicopter as fog and bad weather made the work difficult, the interior minister, Ahmad Vahidi, said on Iranian state television.
“On Sunday afternoon, a helicopter carrying the President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and several companions unfortunately had an accident in the Varzaghan region of East Azerbaijan province,” said a statement from the foreign ministry.
Raisi’s security detail and crew members were also flying with him, along with the governor of the East Azerbaijan province and a senior local cleric.
Iran government spokesman Ali Bahadori-Jahromi said at 8 p.m. in Tehran, about five hours after the crash, that there was no news on the status of the passengers, given the remote location of the site and inclement weather.
Khamenei acknowledged the incident late Sunday, saying that he hoped God would bring the president and the others back. “The nation of Iran should not be worried and anxious. No disruption will occur in the country’s affairs,” he said, according to state TV.
Raisi’s deputy, Mohsen Mansouri, vice president for executive affairs, has headed to Tabriz, the largest city in Iran’s northwest, which is about 100 miles from where the helicopter appeared to have gone down, state TV reported. Iran’s ministers of oil, roads and power are also in the search area, while the interior minister is in Tabriz directing the search operations, it said.
Several other officials, including the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and a senior local cleric, and flight crew and security personnel were on board.
A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran crashed in the northwestern part of the country, the interior minister said Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation to a mountainous area shrouded in heavy fog.
Rescue teams haven’t been able to locate the aircraft, the minister said, without providing any information on the president’s condition. Also aboard the helicopter was the foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, state TV said.
If the 63-year-old president is dead or incapacitated, the crash would deprive Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of a longtime ally and potential successor as Tehran angles for regional dominance through armed militias that are fighting the U.S. and Israel.
Drones, dogs and search and rescue teams were being used to try to locate the helicopter as fog and bad weather made the work difficult, the interior minister, Ahmad Vahidi, said on Iranian state television.
“On Sunday afternoon, a helicopter carrying the President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and several companions unfortunately had an accident in the Varzaghan region of East Azerbaijan province,” said a statement from the foreign ministry.
Raisi’s security detail and crew members were also flying with him, along with the governor of the East Azerbaijan province and a senior local cleric.
Iran government spokesman Ali Bahadori-Jahromi said at 8 p.m. in Tehran, about five hours after the crash, that there was no news on the status of the passengers, given the remote location of the site and inclement weather.
Khamenei acknowledged the incident late Sunday, saying that he hoped God would bring the president and the others back. “The nation of Iran should not be worried and anxious. No disruption will occur in the country’s affairs,” he said, according to state TV.
Raisi’s deputy, Mohsen Mansouri, vice president for executive affairs, has headed to Tabriz, the largest city in Iran’s northwest, which is about 100 miles from where the helicopter appeared to have gone down, state TV reported. Iran’s ministers of oil, roads and power are also in the search area, while the interior minister is in Tabriz directing the search operations, it said.
Several other officials, including the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and a senior local cleric, and flight crew and security personnel were on board.
Darn…so sad….
How poverty of a nation do you have to be to fly your supreme leader in a helicopter in the fog?
I really hope the ground where the helicopter crashed is not damaged too badly.
I really hope the ground where the helicopter crashed is not damaged too badly.
Next!
They don’t have any goddamn brains flying heads of state and ministers in those conditions, socked in, mountainous terrain…
My thoughts are with the
@washingtonpost
obituary team in this difficult time as they fiercely debate whether to call Ebrahim Raisi an “austere religious scholar”, a “patriotic anti-Zionist leader” or a “zealous anti-corruption crusader”.
@washingtonpost
obituary team in this difficult time as they fiercely debate whether to call Ebrahim Raisi an “austere religious scholar”, a “patriotic anti-Zionist leader” or a “zealous anti-corruption crusader”.
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I wonder if Iranian Autistics are blowing up with conspiracy theories now. Maybe the religious leaders or Revolutionary Guard did this.
Lolz
At least he flew in a Bell 212 (modern Huey) I stead of some anxiety Soviet POS.
"Well..... ****"
I bet the 8hrs to confirm was more of "what do we do next" and not a "omfg we can't find them".
They went from holywar to holyshit!!!!
I just wish Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei had been aboard, too.
I blame Stuxnet
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