Update: Looks like everyone was found dead at the crash site: https://apnews.com/article/iran-ebrahim-raisi-obituary-helicopter-crash-107ffb888540ef022a84ec719b81398c
The Butcher of Tehran is dead. People are celebrating with fireworks in Iran, but all that really changed is that Mohammad Mokhber is acting president now. The actual role of the president is...
The Butcher of Tehran is dead. People are celebrating with fireworks in Iran, but all that really changed is that Mohammad Mokhber is acting president now. The actual role of the president is pretty insignificant.
Ali Khamenei is still Supreme Leader and I doubt he will ever be replaced by anyone good for humanity. Until the whole government is replaced by a democratic one; women, Jews and secular Iranians will be tortured and executed adding to some other butcher’s death toll.
Damn. There's always something a bit chilling about helicopter crashes to me, no matter who's involved. Given the current political climate of the Middle East, Iran itself, and all the details in...
Damn. There's always something a bit chilling about helicopter crashes to me, no matter who's involved.
Given the current political climate of the Middle East, Iran itself, and all the details in the article about how he got elected... I expect his sudden death is going to cause some unrest and trouble in the coming days.
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.
The helicopter was also carrying Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister.
The state news agency IRNA reported that an enormous search operation involving 16 teams was underway to locate the helicopter. Inclement weather, the reports said, was hampering the effort. The teams had yet to locate the crash site after almost five hours.
Mr. Raisi was on an official visit to the province of Western Azerbaijan, a mountainous region in northwestern Iran.
A delegation of ministers traveled with him in a convoy of three helicopters, state media reported, adding that the two other aircraft had reached their destinations.
I see other media reporting it as a "hard landing". That may end up being just semantics in the end, but haven't seen any others describing it as a crash.
I see other media reporting it as a "hard landing". That may end up being just semantics in the end, but haven't seen any others describing it as a crash.
Even if it's only a "hard landing," seems strange to not publicly confirm the status and condition of the president at the very least. In fact, seems like that'd be priority No.1.
Even if it's only a "hard landing," seems strange to not publicly confirm the status and condition of the president at the very least. In fact, seems like that'd be priority No.1.
The use of “hard landing” seems like the typical kind of communication for an authoritarian regime such as Iran. Where the hard landing is actually a crash, but they won’t say it, at least not...
The use of “hard landing” seems like the typical kind of communication for an authoritarian regime such as Iran. Where the hard landing is actually a crash, but they won’t say it, at least not immediately.
If it were an actual hard landing, we would expect information about casualties, survivors and some form of (radio) communication. So far, these have not been confirmed, so it’s likely quite bad.
"Hard landing" and "crash" have both been used at this point. It depends on which news article you read. It's probably a translation quirk. Not only that, but nothing has been verified yet as...
"Hard landing" and "crash" have both been used at this point. It depends on which news article you read. It's probably a translation quirk. Not only that, but nothing has been verified yet as they're still searching for the helicopter. Let's not nitpick every word in an unfolding situation being translated from one language to another.
Update: Looks like everyone was found dead at the crash site:
https://apnews.com/article/iran-ebrahim-raisi-obituary-helicopter-crash-107ffb888540ef022a84ec719b81398c
The Butcher of Tehran is dead. People are celebrating with fireworks in Iran, but all that really changed is that Mohammad Mokhber is acting president now. The actual role of the president is pretty insignificant.
Ali Khamenei is still Supreme Leader and I doubt he will ever be replaced by anyone good for humanity. Until the whole government is replaced by a democratic one; women, Jews and secular Iranians will be tortured and executed adding to some other butcher’s death toll.
Damn. There's always something a bit chilling about helicopter crashes to me, no matter who's involved.
Given the current political climate of the Middle East, Iran itself, and all the details in the article about how he got elected... I expect his sudden death is going to cause some unrest and trouble in the coming days.
The fog being mentioned makes me expect the worst. Helicopters and fog is a dangerous mix.
I see other media reporting it as a "hard landing". That may end up being just semantics in the end, but haven't seen any others describing it as a crash.
Reuters and CNN called it a crash and the AP put "hard landing" in quotes. NBC put "crash landing" in quotes. Probably a difference in translation.
Even if it's only a "hard landing," seems strange to not publicly confirm the status and condition of the president at the very least. In fact, seems like that'd be priority No.1.
Well, they don't know where the helicopter crashed/landed (yet), hence no info on condition of the president.
The use of “hard landing” seems like the typical kind of communication for an authoritarian regime such as Iran. Where the hard landing is actually a crash, but they won’t say it, at least not immediately.
If it were an actual hard landing, we would expect information about casualties, survivors and some form of (radio) communication. So far, these have not been confirmed, so it’s likely quite bad.
"Hard landing" and "crash" have both been used at this point. It depends on which news article you read. It's probably a translation quirk. Not only that, but nothing has been verified yet as they're still searching for the helicopter. Let's not nitpick every word in an unfolding situation being translated from one language to another.