Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown.
This better not be what it looks like.
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I’m not sure what you mean, but the Iranian President is a powerless figurehead. I’m very skeptical there’s any hidden story here, because if nothing else, he’s a particularly low-value target. It would be like there being a hidden story behind a government janitor being in a crash.
A great deal of fog in the area, but they’ll blame the Israelis in any case. They formed an emergency government, so there’s more to this story.
Edit: It’s now nighttime, and the rescue teams have yet to reach the crash site. The Iranian Red Crescent has reported that some of their own rescue teams are lost.
Locals suggest that the area becomes a hunting ground for wolves and bears at night, raising concerns that if the crew is injured, nature may take its course.
The Revolutionary Guard has gone into mourning.
According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, the helicopter’s passengers were:
▪️Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi
▪️Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan
▪️Ayatollah Al-Hashemi, Imam of Tabriz Mosque
▪️Governor of East Azerbaijan Province Malik Rahmati
