"No survivors" found at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian agencies report
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 Irans 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 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/raisi-iran-president-helicopter-crash/index.html
Xipe Totec
(43,929 posts)Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return.
revmclaren
(2,604 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,929 posts)Think your words carefully.
If you have no compassion, why expect compassion in return?
littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)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
(2,604 posts)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
(26,270 posts)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
(111,800 posts)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
(2,604 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(3,088 posts)* 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
(58,702 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,499 posts)Hmmm...
Something tells me we're going to see another salvo of missiles launched at Israel soon, regardless of any involvement or not.
homegirl
(1,454 posts)I have been thinking...
tornado34jh
(1,080 posts)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
(26,270 posts)He looks like a pleasant person.
ETA: Found out it's the VP for 50 days and then an election.
Link to tweet
riversedge
(70,966 posts)littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,813 posts)I guess having no morals will do that to you.
revmclaren
(2,604 posts)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
(51,813 posts)Polybius
(15,723 posts)Not sure if you consider him worse or not, but he loves Ukraine and hates Russia.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,964 posts)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
(26,998 posts)Iran's elections are just for show.
The next president will be selected by the Ayatollah.
riversedge
(70,966 posts)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
(26,270 posts)SunSeeker
(52,205 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,499 posts)LeftInTX
(26,270 posts)niyad
(114,984 posts)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.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(109,390 posts)applegrove
(119,539 posts)so many decades, Iran is missing newer aircrafts and parts.
LeftInTX
(26,270 posts)applegrove
(119,539 posts)Lunabell
(6,215 posts)Executed after being forced to marry her cousin who abused her. She'd had enough. Fuck you, Iran!
brooklynite
(95,592 posts)Wasn't the last story that they were in touch with a passenger?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,480 posts)orangecrush
(19,893 posts)He's dead.
Good.
oasis
(49,980 posts)twodogsbarking
(10,324 posts)Kennah
(14,407 posts)... 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".