Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported. Raisi was 63. The crash comes as the Middle East ...
What's the likelihood that this was an Israeli assassination?
That's what my first thoughts were as well, but they were flying in some pretty nasty weather. Thick fog, high winds, in a remote forested mountain range. While it is entirely possible that the CIA and IDF may have collaborated on some impromptu helicopter modifications, I think the question is less "Who could have done this?" and is more "Why were they flying in those conditions?"
True, the weather was really bad in that area, but he was traveling in a 3-helicopter convoy, and only his helicopter crashed. Now, I'm not saying that it's impossible, or even improbable that it was an accident, but we can't really rule out sabotage at this point, especially considering how big of a target he had on his head from both the US and Israel. Personally, I really hope it was an accident. I mean, I shed no tears for that son of a bitch, but the ramifications if this was an assassination are unsettling.
Bunch of old dudes dying while using a notoriously risky mode of transportation in bad weather over tricky terrain, while the only thing pointing to Israel thus far is motive. I'd say low.
...while flying in a helicopter introduced in 1968 and last manufactured in 1998 in a country that is sanctioned and most likely can't reliably get spare parts for it.
Unlikely, since helicopters are pretty dangerous (especially cold war era ones), have a single point of failure, and the accident apparently happened in bad conditions and in a mountainous region.
Also the Iranian president is more of a state figurehead than an actual ruler with the power to change the country. The Ayatollah is the one pulling the strings.
Don't even think Iran are going to blame this on Israel, as they would get clapped in a direct confrontation with the IDF, and they know it.
They probably suspect Israel did it, but since they fired close to 400 missiles and drones into Israel and hit nothing, and Israel fired one back and took out their air defence radar, they'll probably stick to arming Hamas in order to hurt Israel.
Very little point in a direct conflict.
about as likely as internal power struggles, or some other actor who wants to maybe stir up shit in the middle east. (wouldn't put it past the russians, to be honest. they'd benefit from israel going to war and people forgetting about Ukraine.)
not as likely as mechanical failure or shitty weather.
Extremely likely. These people getting upvoted by Israel's media farms below literally don't take into account the reach of Israel's special ops.
E: How much are you guys getting paid to be shills and spread misinformation? Keep burying facts in downvotes if that makes you feel better, but you're all terrible human beings for it.
Unlikely given the weather, but not zero.
*Smolensk flashbacks
Kobe flashback
Montgomery Gentry flashback
Did iran just false-flag their own president?
i mean maybe, but their actual leader is Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei
It must have been that Jesus nut!
They all went "Alah" and got fucked. They wake up at the Pearly gates, the guy, Peter, says.... "Sorry mate, it was actually Jesus, the correct answer was Jesus and you also didn't say it in the form of a question with an exclamation mark like this ⁉️."
What is Jesus!?
hey man what are you using?
This is the Jesus nut right here:
What is Jesus!?
Apparently made up.
Yes.