According to the Islamic Republic News Agency ( IRNA ), the state’s news agency, search teams have reportedly located the site where a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday.
There was” no sign” of life, as reported by Iranian state television (via the Times of Israel ).
A picture that was used to search and rescue the plane carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage in Iran on May 20, 2024, was captured on a screen grab from Akinci Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Early on Monday, a Turkish Akinci unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ) tracked down a source of heat that was thought to be the wreckage of an Iranian president’s helicopter and shared its location with Iranian authorities. ( Photo by Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images )
State- run press moreover declared that Raisi had died — or, more, that he had been” martyred.”
The Times of Israel quoted Iran’s Mehr media company:
Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was killed in an accident while serving and performing his duties to the Iranian people, according to Iran’s Mehr company, as well as other media outlets who reported the information.
When the plane went missing in a mountainous region of Iran, Amirabdollahian and other officers were also reportedly on panel.
President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a news event, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 in New York. ( AP Photo/Jason DeCrow )
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Egyptian foreign minister, is seen conference with Fumio Kishida, the prime minister of Japan, at Kishida’s Tokyo office on Monday, August 7, 2023. ( Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP )
The weather conditions were reported to own consisted of clouds, rain, and warm weather.
Location of the accident site for Pres. Raisi’s helicopter determined: Sourcehttps: //t. co/6mWrIRVVJj photograph. twitter.com/sAkjeXgTeH
— IRNA News Agency ( @IrnaEnglish ) May 20, 2024
The Egyptian Fars news agency reported in The Times of Israel that two other aircraft in the convoy, which included different officials, had safely arrived at their destination while the one carrying the president had crashed.
Pir- Hossein Kolivand, mind of Iran’s Red Crescent Society, announced that teams had arrived at the location of the plane fall, adding that” the condition is never good, “according to the IRNA’s statement.
Kolivand continued, “73 save teams are existing in the search area of the plane in the Tawal village with sophisticated and professional equipment.
After learning about the aircraft accident, Iranians were instructed to beg for President Raisi.
Opposition parties were said to be ecstatic, igniting lights, and sharing jokes on cultural media.
The cruel monster, Ding Dong, is no longer alive. https ://t.co/0oMlYPFWgd
— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick ) May 19, 2024
Two Egyptian women who have experienced the repression of the Islamic regime celebrate the announcement that President Raisi’s aircraft crashed.
In the wake of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022, Mersedeh Shahinkar was allegedly blind in one eye during a demonstration against the Islamic Republic. … photograph. twitter.com/9dWqbhvsaO
— Yashar Ali ( @yashar ) May 20, 2024
The joke that Raisi’s captain was an Eli Copter agent was now being broadcast live on the principal Hamas Telegram channel as FACT.
It’s very interesting, but remember, these are the” literary resources” that the Wesrern push have used blindly for 7 months to malevolent Israel. photograph. twitter.com/RCYvAv7e83
— Saul Sadka ( @Saul_Sadka ) May 19, 2024
If Raisi is found deceased, Iran may start a series of conflict-tentative conflicts that had destabilize the government.
Upgrade: According to rumors, the Egyptian authorities confirmed Raisi’s death, saying that all nine of the crew and passengers on board had died.
This is a developing history.
