"No survivors" found at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian agencies report

[NYC Liberal]

Source: CNN

"No survivors" were found at the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian state news agency IRINN and semi-official news agency Mehr News reported.

Some background: A former hardline judiciary chief, Raisi was Iran’s eighth president. The former prosecutor and judge was elected in 2021 following a historically uncompetitive presidential contest.

He oversaw a period of intensified repression of dissent, according to human rights monitors.

Next in the line of succession would be First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, if approved by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/raisi-iran-president-helicopter-crash/index.html

[Xipe Totec]

1. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return.

[revmclaren]

4. They just happened to buy a first class ticket.

[Xipe Totec]

10. And there it is.

Think your words carefully.

If you have no compassion, why expect compassion in return?

[littlemissmartypants]

12. There was another member here, might still be here...

Moniker "thoughtpolice" I think.

When I die and come back I'm thinking about signing up as Moral High Ground unless someone else claims it.

So far I don't think anyone has claimed Jesus.

There might be a few variations on Mom here already.

But Wagging Finger in the Face could still be available.

Think ... words carefully, indeed.

❤️

[revmclaren]

15. They were the leaders of a terrorist supporting, women

Hating, gay murdering country who just today, arrested over 100 people for promoting Satanism and nudity...fucking nudity! Some non citizens as well.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-arrests-hundreds-for-satanism-and-nudity-including-european-citizens/ar-BB1mDk5z?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Save your preaching about compassion for these monster for someone else.

I'm a pagan.

They would have tortured and murdered me in a second for my beliefs.



You may want to read this post before you lecture me and feel to sorry for them

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218962999

[LeftInTX]

24. Yeah, that guy was bad. But that whole regime is just plain old bad.

I feel nothing. Another just as bad will simply take his place.
They want to destroy a good chunk of the world and will do whatever it takes.
They're like the Kim's in N Korea.

[Warpy]

19. Hard to have much compassion for the Butcher of Tehran

but he took a lot o other people with him: the crew, the Foreign Minister and a provincial; governor from Azerbaijan. I'll reserve my compassion for them and their families. It looks like it was over in an instant.

I'll Let Ayatollah Khameini mourn Raisi. I'm sure the funeral tomorrow will have a cast of many thousands.

I feel only a sad weariness when a man dies evil. It's what I felt for Nixon, and Reagan, and Limbaugh, and Atwater. Just a sad weariness that some will never learn.

[revmclaren]

21. Yes, i feel sadness for the others families.

[Oopsie Daisy]

32. LOL! Expressing "compassion" for the death of terrorist leaders will not have the implied results *

* nor will celebrating the death of those individuals have negative consequences. No terrorist state will change their policies (one way or the other) due to any individual message (or collection of messages, or a full consensus on an Internet forum) -- nor will it matter if an entire country (or even the world) rejoices over the death.

>> If you have no compassion, why expect compassion in return?
The actions of rogue-state leaders and terrorist-supporting governments has nothing to do with "compassion". They will still execute homosexuals and support terrorism. They don't care what people on Twitter or DU have to say.

[marble falls]

5. Inshallah.

[LudwigPastorius]

2. I thought they had received cell phone signals and had spoken to two people who were on the copter.

Hmmm...

Something tells me we're going to see another salvo of missiles launched at Israel soon, regardless of any involvement or not.

[homegirl]

39. Exactly what

I have been thinking...

[tornado34jh]

3. I just hope it isn't someone worse

But then again, knowing Iran, specifically the Ayatollah and the IRGC, they will blame the West for assassination and then it get really bad for the people there, especially women.

[LeftInTX]

6. It's gonna be the VP who we already have sanctions against.

He looks like a pleasant person.

ETA: Found out it's the VP for 50 days and then an election.

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

8. He needs to clean himself up. uga uga

[littlemissmartypants]

13. He looks very unwell. My goodness. ❤️

[BigmanPigman]

16. Wow, he looks as awful as tRump does.

I guess having no morals will do that to you.

[revmclaren]

22. In time, you become on the outside

as you truly are on the inside.

I have found this to be very true in my many years on this tiny dust speck.

[BigmanPigman]

23. Portrait of Dorian Gray

[Polybius]

26. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might be interested in running again

Not sure if you consider him worse or not, but he loves Ukraine and hates Russia.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

30. He's fallen out of favor with Khamenei

And if I remember correctly, he was blocked from running last time. The elections in Iran are a sham. Nobody can run for any high position without approval from Khamenei.

[FBaggins]

37. Don't fool yourself re: "running"

Iran's elections are just for show.

The next president will be selected by the Ayatollah.

[riversedge]

7. " According to Reuters, the helicopter was completely burned in the crash."

I don't wish for anybody to die a horrible death-which these folks must have experienced.




JUST IN: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is confirmed dead after rescuers reached the crash site.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is also dead.

The discovery came after a long night of searching in freezing conditions.

Shortly before the discovery, Iranian Red Crescent Society head Pir-Hossein Kolivand said the situation was “not good.”

According to Reuters, the helicopter was completely burned in the crash.

Link to tweet

[LeftInTX]

9. Iran has now confirmed his death.

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

11. Fog, hills and helicopters don't mix.

This sure looks like how Kobe Bryant died.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[LudwigPastorius]

14. ...and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

The helicopter, a Bell 206B Jet Ranger...departed in dense fog at 1:00 am CDT. Brown piloted the helicopter off the golf course, at a higher speed and slightly lower altitude than the other (helicopters) It banked sharply to the left, and crashed into the side of a 300-foot (90 m) ski slope, about 0.6 miles (1 km) from takeoff. All on board were killed instantly;

[LeftInTX]

17. Yep

[niyad]

18. So the murdering, woman-hating monster is dead. I hope it was every bit

as painful as what he subjected people to in his reign of terror. Just look at the headlines from Iran today about those two women.

So spare me any lectures about de mortuis nil nisi bonum, or whatever.

[orangecrush]

34. THIS

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Cue the conspiracy theories

[applegrove]

25. Helicopter was 47 years old. Because of sanctions for

so many decades, Iran is missing newer aircrafts and parts.

[LeftInTX]

27. They say it's at least 47 years old.

[applegrove]

28. I will correct everywhere.

[Lunabell]

29. Good. Fatemeh Abdullahi curses them all from paradise.

Executed after being forced to marry her cousin who abused her. She'd had enough. Fuck you, Iran!

[brooklynite]

31. "No survivors"

Wasn't the last story that they were in touch with a passenger?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

41. Perhaps someone survived the crash, but later died of injuries or exposure?

[orangecrush]

33. Always speak good of the dead

He's dead.

Good.

[oasis]

35. "Next life....take the train"

[twodogsbarking]

36. Putin said he had nothing to do with it; three days ago.

[Kennah]

38. It would be ironic ...

... if the helicopter crashed because the Jesus Nut gave out.

The Jesus Nut is the one that retains the main rotor, and if it goes, everyone yells "Jesus".

[prodigitalson]

40. well, so long, asshole