Helicopter crash: Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi missing

A helicopter carrying Iran's president has crashed during bad weather, Iranian state media has said.
President Ebrahim Raisi was travelling across the far northwest of Iran following a visit to Azerbaijan.
The supreme leader of Iran has said he is praying for President Raisi, but insisted that the country's management would not be affected.
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[@truthteller77]

I bet Iran already knows he's dead. They prefer to say *hard landing,* because this is a big humiliation to them.

[@nemiw4429]

Kennedy?

[@paulmcmillan533]

Not as embarrassing as admitting it was brought down by outsiders.

[@kingsleynwofe1244]

Exactly

[@jacknife10000]

They already changed the language to "crashed"

[@user-ss1gk7zn5f]

Not really. Our coyntey do t need to know jack shi t

[@neroknod]

The weather has the right to defend itself from Iran. Also speedy recovery for the helicopter.

[@Fat12219]

😂😮😮 😂

[@galianodiaz6324]

😂

[@Yohanasenafe]

😂😂😂😂

[@getmyuted]

THE WORLD IS HEALING!
EVEN THEIR ALLAH DIDN'T FAVOR THEM

[@kingnicky2568]

😂😂😂😂

[@stubronstein9932]

Let's hope that the ground wasn't too badly damaged.

[@truthteller77]

[@Fat12219]

😂 och

[@SevincAlieva-yt8me]

😅😅😅

[@user-dj9kw9cz8n]

От тебя сильнее пострадает.

[@user-dj9kw9cz8n]

Понятно сразу что ты ищак и жить ты должен с ищаками.

[@dcembratz36]

Sending thoughts and prayers to the innocent trees and helicopter.

[@avi-yz2kp]

lol

[@truthteller77]

🤣

[@annalilly2212]

😂

[@tomnguyen2745]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thegh0st86-c6r]

:))

[@FASTTRACK2ENGLISH]

Witnesses said Iran reliated against the fog. Iran shot 100 drones at the fog but every single drone mist.

[@tony7holbr]

Hahaha 🤣

[@kamelcoles2674]

Mossad is one hell of a organization

[@Tati8796]

Yeah, they can even make fog...😂

[@davetorcan6047]

so what Mossad was doing on Oct 7th and IDF is still struggling after 7 months.

[@chungusultimate]

​@@davetorcan6047smoking

[@DataSet]

Eli Copter was behind this

[@richardmarsden5610]

As Oct 7th shows. On the button.

[@nedread6700]

Apparently there was an issue with the pilots night vision burka

[@jorgeislabao]

Kkkkkkkkk

[@puclopuclik4108]

since when do Iranians wear burka?

[@wrc4013]

😂😂

[@user-qd2ho7lp2h]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@truthteller77]

[@71Wraith]

Meanwhile, weather in Scotland will be warmer with less rain 😎

[@Moodboard39]

climate change

[@freshtoast3879]

Regards from Merseyside!

[@North49191]

lol

[@geneg4470]

We love Scotland from London immigrant

[@jesselim_actor]

😂

[@JamesCox-uq1kr]

The helicopter has every right to defend itself

[@ethanhutzler82]

flying a 50 year old helicopter in poor weather.... WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

[@aryankarimi1452]

we iranians are celebrating

[@deniseyeaisaidit]

@ShadowConqueror2843read a history book

[@kanimangaa.4574]

🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳👏👏👏

[@kanimangaa.4574]

@ShadowConqueror2843his nickname is “ Butcher of Tehran”.

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

@ShadowConqueror2843normally when someone is called a butcher he’s not liked

[@963freeme]

Oh damn 😩

[@bmurray330]

Oh he’s not missing. I know exactly where he’s at 🔥

[@Land-of-reason]

God works in mysterious ways.

[@susanstones7815]

EXACTLY WHAT I said to my husband GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS AMEN 🙏🏻🇮🇱❤️

[@Jesuskodsatan]

Amen

[@user-bc7nx3mm8z]

He obviously isn't a fan of Iran lol...wonder why 🤔

[@brianraider5893]

That's what we said too!! GOD is preparing the world for his Son's return and getting Israel ready for the week of Jacobs trouble when they will finally call upon and acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah its amazing how fast everything is lining up and falling into place

[@Tracco307]

He ,they laid their fingers on God land and its people...now they are in distress.

[@borisreljanovic7292]

Were talking about the leader of a regime who not only was brutal and oporezive towards his own people, but was directly involved in a lot of Ukrainian deaths by supplying Shaheed drones to Russia, as well as arming and supporting Hamas. Are we seriously gonna cry and prey for this kind of people?!?!?

[@cedrikthibert7033]

Komenei isn't dead. So this changes nothing.

[@shrtybeebe]

Nope

[@user-tv8rp4ot2k]

The U.S police isn't any better and U.S did the same

[@TheTrickshot77]

Sky news will not like your comment 😂.

[@dhlong1697]

​@@user-tv8rp4ot2kthe U.S. doesn't have a police force.

[@BernieKolumbus]

By now he realise there is no virginis in hell 😂😂

[@sastrasilitonga5821]

😂😂😂😂

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Don't worry. He's hiking down the mountain trails.

[@MeisterAnime]

According to Haammaaas Health Ministry: He is Dead.....😂

[@user-cc6rj7yj2n]

Shoutup

[@Fat12219]

😮

[@HimAgain70]

or with his 72 virgins.

[@realvoicever]

Uk too

[@rayot6579]

Live free Iranian people

[@Moodboard39]

remove Islam

[@user-dj9kw9cz8n]

Ответишь за эти слова.

[@JustReed]

Welcome into the 1st century.

[@scarlettkhan9667]

No way not going anywhere

[@benjaminkaempf705]

God doesn't fool around!

[@MeisterAnime]

According to Haammaaas Health Ministry: He is Dead.......😂

[@user-gt8st3qf4o]

He is kinda slow, though>

[@PowderedToastMan965]

Which god? I’m confused

[@MeisterAnime]

@@PowderedToastMan965 God of Jiiihhaad AIIah

[@jacqdanieles]

God is a fictional construct for the feeble-minded

[@KYN_AFRICA]

That foreign minister was the one bragging to slap Israel 😂

[@MohamedAmin-zz8wo]

But what's funny?

[@DicardoGroup]

Not by his own

[@shrtybeebe]

People might not like it but Israel is God’s chosen people.

[@PowderedToastMan965]

@@shrtybeebemy god Zeus disagree

[@daveykerr1146]

This is 😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉​@@MohamedAmin-zz8wo

[@amgeneralbuilding]

This is bit fishy something is going on

[@evgeniam685]

Long time is going on. People just take a long time to figure it out.

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

I love that song born in the USA

[@raidenblizzygaming9702]

how is it fishy? lol not everything is fishy

[@KenjiEspresso]

It’s foggy as hell. Should have prayed in church on Sunday.

[@purplelove3666]

​@@KenjiEspressono

[@lifewalkcamp]

RIP Helicopter Captain 🙏

[@Scrapper.]

Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his condolences and announced that he'll be attending the funeral. In a statement earlier today Netanyahu said "May President Raisi rest in pieces."

[@facehugger3]

Divine justice has been served.

[@jayb1412]

Surprised that no one is blaming the Jews

[@highdadd6526]

Give it time. Actually it'll be a toss up, because MAGA will blame the CIA and say they did it at the direction of the deep state, and the Obama led shadow government for the purpose of starting a war so the dems can postpone or suspend the election, and the far left will blame Benny and Mossad, because everything is Isreals fault.

[@andrewalderman9489]

Give the Ayatollah time to sober up, then....

[@Odrd1009]

Some TV and telegram channels in the arab world already posted that the pilot was a mossad agent named "Eli Copter" (Jewish name that sounds like Helicopter😂😂😂)

[@jesselim_actor]

😂

[@suhasinijedhe1571]

😅😮😂

[@ShirazuHamza]

The helicopter have the right to defend it self

[@KimberlyRuble]

This would be touching if I cared

[@KenVohs-dt7tm]

3 choppers in formation flying from point a to point b, one goes down, 2 continue on and land safely. Whats wrong with this picture?

[@subvariantstrain]

He is NOT missing he is all over the side of that mountain over yonder ways.

[@aashish40646]

Plz Iran do not declaration war against fog now for god's shake

[@Desiklown]

😂😂😂😂

[@RezaGhayomi-jj7in]

Islamic republic not Iran. They don’t know themselves Iranian. Iranian are their hostages thanks to President Carter

[@jesselim_actor]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@a.k.a-rokila]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-sj2mv8nj6l]

Never attack Israel, it would be the biggest mistake a person could ever made. The God that watcheth over Israel never slumber nor sleep. God of Israel, the mighty God, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, He is mightier and greater than human kind.

[@scorpions1965]

Stop the bullshit man

[@vt2095]

lord of lords-LOL tor short. How many of his sons to die before he shows up?

[@frannieo6128]

God's own people are the Israelites.

[@user-tv8rp4ot2k]

​@@scorpions1965its funny that he,says this. Hitler killed lots,of jews in the gas Chambers and did not protect the jews. If they were chosen then why didn't God prevent that

[@valdemarsimonsen9612]

This comment is perfect for anyone looking for the definition of fanatic

[@donaldsmith8864]

Jesus does answer prayers.

[@felixdurm2140]

Yes - but evilish so called prayers are answered differently from those real ones, which come from being LOVE...!

[@blacklabmatters]

Karma sucks

[@messianic_scam]

messianic sucks

[@roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631]

Sure does,
Look what's happening in the US, UK & EU!

[@rodcamp4472]

Raisi will be found wandering in a random, foggy field in a week. Al Jazeera will do an exclusive interview. They will ask: What happened Mr. president? Raisi will say, "I-ran A-way."

[@rodgerhargoon3402]

What about b b c running there first ....were they there in 1917 during the famine caused by the oil hungry empire????😂😂😂😂

[@bluestar2253]

Raisi was last seen at the Pearly Gates! But was denied entry!

[@facehugger3]

I bet iranian state media isn't reporting on all the celebrations going on and fireworks being let off .

[@ManuelPinner]

Genesis 12:3 KJV - And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

[@julieb3833]

Yes!

[@kingsTimothy-on5wb]

amen

[@rockpadstudios]

words from a magic book - nothing proved of course - we just have to have faith.

[@Fat12219]

The Bible ✝️ says it all !! ❤

[@rockpadstudios]

@@Fat12219 that's true, hits all the buttons to get people to fear

[@Ineedyoulou]

Iranians are celebrating 🎉

[@Moodboard39]

i bet

[@Desiklown]

Seems like IRAN into some trouble

[@RezaGhayomi-jj7in]

Islamic republic not Iran

[@quorejackson6868]

😂😂 😂 😂

[@geneticdisorder1900]

@@RezaGhayomi-jj7in. it be joke

[@jimnicholson4509]

May ALMIGHTY GOD BE PRAISED. "HALLELUJAH ".

[@nasrinrahman4659]

Free free Iran now.

[@RMGCBG]

I had a club sandwich for lunch

[@heraclitus6100]

Where did ya get it from?

[@ImRealKasi]

oh man i just had some rice

[@heraclitus6100]

@@ImRealKasi Me too! Rice with beef curry stew. So good.

[@Abacab965]

I had a Dr. Pepper 5 minutes ago !

[@Desiklown]

😂

[@livefree316]

He will see Jesus will have the last word not him.

[@ninnnix5766]

Free Iran from ☪️, Jesus saves

[@wrc4013]

I'm not sure Jesus will have the best words for him.

[@alchemistkingdickinson2256]

NO I AM JC! IM WATCHING EVERYTHING HAPPENING JUST LIKE ALL OTHERS ARE! IF HE HAS LEFT HERE HE DONE FACED GOD AND IM NOT THE JUDGE THERE BUT SURE THINK HE IS FUKED CURSED BIGTIME BECAUSE HE SIN SIN SIN SIN AGAINST MY ISRAEL AND MY PEOPLE YEAH HE IN TROUBLE REGARDLESS HE STILL HERE OR DONE LEFT CURSED VERY CURSED SOUL // SAD SEE ANY SOUL IN SUCH HORRIBLE CURSED STATE LEAVE HERE SAD SAD SAD!!!

[@mohammedsajjad6956]

Is Jesus in the bushes

[@mohammedsajjad6956]

Smells like isreal

[@foreveryoung999]

He's bobbing in a sea of fire now.😂

[@Aussiem8e]

Oh no! The poor helicopter! Hopefully it will be ok.

[@dsb9574]

Ohhhh nooooo really. Hope the ground will be ok.

[@bagelking6364]

This is Fishier than a fish shop on fish and chips day😂😂

[@420Stoner66]

that's what Pauline Hanson said

[@user-vz5vl9cd7w]

God doing his work ❤

[@bertrpk]

Missing??? who is missing him? I told him once, I told him a hundred times Stick to flying carpets. the worst that could happen is a bad rug burn.

[@TrinhNguyen-nc7hj]

He’s well done by now. Allah works in mysterious ways.

[@Raven-si7bm]

Who will they blame for this tragic incident? USA or/and Israel?? 🤔 definitely not themselves for all the sanctions leading to technical issues with their helicopters 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@TheTrickshot77]

Nothing up with their helicopters, they were left by the US armed forces.

[@SorminaEriana]

Thanks God

[@paulapauline1256]

He could have stopped hamass and hezbollas and others even to save the the lives of all gazans death. All he had to do was tell them to free the hostsges.

[@nimaa5843]

He had zero power.

[@wandasmith9180]

Just a figure head, the beat goes on with terrorist religious leaders....

[@skilsuvulcan9770]

in Iran this type of stuff is decided by anyone but the president, mostly by supreme leader and his military commanders in IRGC, president is just a puppet for showing westerners "look we have at least a little bit of democracy" but the reality is even than little bit is non existent

[@gerrardtin3208]

Do Boeing make helicopters?

[@Paper_jetcraft]

Yes, yes they do

[@andrewalderman9489]

But the helicopter in the picture is likely a Bell Huey, a reliable helicopter in it's day, but they are now sixty years old.

[@Paper_jetcraft]

@andrewalderman9489 it's a bell 212

[@andrewalderman9489]

@@Paper_jetcraft Thanks for the correction.

[@Natty_Clay]

From the river to the sea, Raisi is missing

[@yolep6283]

😂

[@mrwifi1206]

Omg, lol

[@user-sh1sc9os6j]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-sh1sc9os6j]

Paid protesters crying in comments

[@jonathandurias4864]

Thanks for the bad weather & foggy clouds.

[@jamesdonaldson4416]

Pretty sure Israel will be responsible for the "bad weather".

[@stubronstein9932]

It was Eli Copter, from the Mossad. 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@AlanRoberts-xy4wu]

😁

[@juliannej5826]

@@stubronstein9932 הרגת אותי!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stubronstein9932]

@@juliannej5826 חחחחחחח🤣

[@BurhanKhanniazi-eu7zv]

U know very well what we meant to say "bad weather"😘

[@annephillips8494]

Probably found a nice Cave somewhere until he gets Airlifted to some Billionaire enclave.

[@Indiankick300psi]

The pilot was benjamin natanyahu

[@fultoneth9869]

Fell down onto the nuclear plant?

[@kcjojo8]

😀😀😀😀😀

[@lindakep3968]

I pray 🙏 for Iran 🙏

[@Discernment-]

Isn’t it strange that the man mentioned the drastic weather changes in Iran and the world is becoming aware of cloud seeding? I mean what about that situation in Dubai with the floods some claim that was also caused by cloud seeding - some average dude in your local gym

[@quanitamarchesi9171]

HAARP?

[@user-bh9xd4pr7v]

No one can deny Allah's commands.

[@ericobeng1868]

How can the weather just change quickly like that? after taking off , means God of Israel is not sleeping he's always at work.

[@robertballard8981]

Free Persha

[@RezaGhayomi-jj7in]

Free Persia

[@AP-nj1mr]

Free Iran!

[@-Gumbo]

His dress got caught in the rotor blades and even his donut hat couldn't save his head from being smashed to bits

[@captainpugwash7174]

His frock and suspender belt. 😂😂

[@Fat12219]

😮😮😂

[@galianodiaz6324]

😂

[@HermitKing731]

HE died like Syndrome. Fuckin cape got stuck in the engine.

[@meddk8878]

The weather has the right to defend itself!

[@molenz1960]

Even the weather doesn't like this guy.

[@someguy165]

I hope the helicopter is okay 😔

[@iann23]

Slovakia leader gets shot, Iranian leader gets dead, who's number 3?

[@captainpugwash7174]

🤞🤞🤞🤞

[@Rachel_M_]

Put me down for Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili on the sweepstake 👍
She just vetoed Russia's Foreign Agents Bill...

[@andrewalderman9489]

Putin

[@sarahduhay5150]

Did they forget to pay their illuminati fees?

[@poseto1234]

Putin

[@Crayfish-]

" Hallelujah " ! " Let us Rejoice and Be Glad " !

[@Blazer1AU]

Chopper crashed out of embarrassment having to carry dudes wearing tea cosies on their heads.

[@namevorname1973]

We are not going to cry after him.

[@ParanoidFook]

Those “ acts of GOD” really stick it to ya

[@zzz22214]

There will be a amega extreme retaliation ....
It doesn't sounds like an accident despite the bad weather

[@ProbablyTheBestUkuleleDadEver]

Looking at that fog, my guess is "controlled flight into terrain".

[@allanleeth2415]

They will blame the U.S.A. as usual.

[@zarnigash-kazmi.]

3 helicopter 2 are safe but 1 who have president and minister crashed in huge fog ...so confused..

[@monkeymagic4555]

Translated..........Justice........JUST the beginning of Justice.....There is a global clean up in motion..........The Greater Good.....

[@Kashish4Eijaz]

possible assassination attempt

[@monkeymagic4555]

@@Kashish4Eijaz CERTAINLY taken out the game* The Greater Good......

[@timwoods603]

The Good Lord works in mysterious ways. Just sayin. #ISTANDWITHISRAEL

[@tulip3722]

All the wild animals in Azerbaijan mountain are having a feast

[@5neronaldo501]

The comment section is bloody😅😅😂

[@monkeymagic4555]

Some say he was last heard screaming Ally At The Bar..... Ally At The Bar :)

[@celebrityrog]

They Allahu Akbar’d themselves

[@highdadd6526]

Lots of mean comments in here, and obviously nobody cares that there's probably a sad, lonely, goat worried sick right now.

[@cdinger7168]

😂

[@UMDSR]

😂😂😂😂

[@Piden-l4b]

She will inherit his treasure cave and live happily ever after.

[@amberhopeofficial7818]

This is heartbreaking and disturbing the helicopters are no good

[@YujiroHanmaaaa]

The helicopter has the right to defend itself

[@milanugrinovic]

i don’t understand why people is happy for this
imagine if his successor is even more extreme and use this as an excuse to do something foolish like direct war to the west (more than it’s now)

[@user-tv8rp4ot2k]

It doesn't really matter. People are happy because it fuels their false ego

[@JohnK004]

I'm sure the USA and "West" is actually praying for that, they will finally have an excuse to change the Iranian regime, and the Iranians will be happy for that

[@Piden-l4b]

More extreme? So he was moderate then.

[@richardmarsden5610]

Iran's media reported that Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Guards, went to the crash site of Raisi's helicopter, and a crisis headquarters meeting was held with him, a group of ministers and Raisi's deputy at Mes Songon headquarters.

[@PaulB-eq5bx]

Good, time to rise up and allow freedom.

[@robchandler9163]

Evil guy but poor pilot and his family

[@user-bd8je6cb9z]

CIA or IDF special operations... Hands down ... My belief 😮

[@highdadd6526]

Well of course, because there's no chance of mechanical failure in a decades old machine kept running with whatever spare parts Vlad isn't using.

[@DavidLS1]

Raisi's last words: "Hey, what does _this_ button do?"

[@wendybrenner2614]

My dad is a helicopter pilot and it is completely irresponsible to fly in 2:28 such weather. Sunny 1 second then raining sideways the next, THIS is a devastating tragedy for the families

[@user-adoyle123]

When is all this madness going to stop

[@420Stoner66]

when the weather clears up

[@ambrose816]

The weather changes rapidly after take-off, which means that God almighty fights for Israel 🇮🇱 😊

[@JacobSteinberg75]

God I hope he's ok... Thoughts and prayers

[@parishadnz.6048]

??

[@yerxiong123]

Dude got Kobe

[@KPad87]

Helicopter was from 1980s

[@JimmieBrown-sg8fq]

Looked like a leftover from the US Vietnam Tet offensive 😂😂!

[@sjcobra84]

President? More like dictator. I weep for the innocent helicopters family.

[@richardmarsden5610]

I do miss the days Ahmadinejad making CNN reporters look very stupid and giving it straight about the nature of Israel and America.

[@melaniesawyer7695]

Don’t mess with Gods people or Gods wrath with come !!!

[@danielstaystrong]

Amen. amen. תודה רבה

[@Kashish4Eijaz]

we are all God's people not just jews. 🙄

[@Silverdale.]

OH NO ! ... anyway

[@dr.shahrozkhan5607]

Rest in peace.......feel so sad for the incident..