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In a major development, one of the helicopters in the three-person convoy in which Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi was travelling has crashed, Iranian TV reported on Sunday. State TV has not yet provided any further information about the incident. According to Iranian news agency, IRNA, Raisi met his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev this morning and inaugurated the Qiz Kalasi dam jointly built by the two sides. Iran’s interior minister has issued a statement in which he has said that President Ibrahim Raisi could not be contacted.
After this, President Raisi was travelling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident took place near the city of Jolfa, located on the border of Azerbaijan country, about 600 km northwest of Iran’s capital Tehran. It is being said that bad weather may be the reason for the incident. Rescue operations are also being hampered due to the weather. State TV said rescue workers were attempting to reach the scene but were hampered by bad weather in the area. Heavy rain with some wind was reported.
Who is Ebrahim Raisi?
Iran’s President Raisi, 63, is a hardliner who led the country’s judiciary. He is seen as a disciple of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and some analysts believe he could replace the 85-year-old leader if he dies or resigns from office.
Raisi won Iran’s 2021 presidential election, a vote that saw the lowest voter turnout in the Islamic republic’s history. Raisi is sanctioned by the US for his involvement in the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners at the end of the bloody Iran-Iraq War in 1988.
Iran has aided Russia with arms in its war against Ukraine, as well as launching massive drone and missile attacks on Israel amid its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It also continues to arm proxy groups in the Mideast, such as Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
The helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi crashed near East Azerbaijan on Sunday and has not been found yet. Rescue operations are underway after the accident but the rescue team has not been able to reach the helicopter yet. According to the Iranian television channel, Mohammad Reza Mir Taj, MP from Iran’s Tarbez city, said that President Ibrahim Raisi’s helicopter has not been found yet. He said that the rescue officials and the army are also using drones to reach the accident site but have not been successful so far and they are not being contacted.
An unidentified Iranian official told news agency Reuters that the lives of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian are “in danger after the helicopter crash”. The official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that we are still hopeful but the information coming from the accident site is very worrying.”
According to the report of Erem News, the Iranian MP said, “The helicopter carrying President Ibrahim Raisi and many of his officials has crashed. No information has been revealed about the President yet.”
Helicopter crashed due to bad weather
Iranian MP Mohammad Reza Mir Taj said, “According to initial information, President Ibrahim Raisi’s helicopter was passing through the forests around East Azerbaijan province when it suddenly crashed, which is 106 kilometers away from Tabriz. There has been no contact with the people on board the helicopter so far.” Iran’s Home Minister Ahmed Vahidi said, “President Ibrahim Raisi’s helicopter got caught in bad weather and fog and due to this, one of the helicopters carrying the President had to make a hard landing. Due to bad weather and fog, it may take time to reach his helicopter.”
According to the report of news agency AP, the US State Department has said that it is closely monitoring the reports of a hard landing of a helicopter carrying the Iranian President and Foreign Minister.
Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi’s helicopter crashes, Ayatollah Khamenei’s heir, considered a descendant of Prophet Muhammad, read his story
Israel is continuously attacking Gaza. It is selectively killing Hamas terrorists. Meanwhile, Iran has attacked Israel several times. After the war, Iran is once again in the news. Actually, the helicopters of Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi’s convoy have crashed. This news has created a stir all over the world. Some world leaders are calling it a political conspiracy, while some are calling it an accident. Let us tell you that radical cleric Ibrahim Raisi was elected President of Iran in the year 2021. Raisi is very close to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and is considered his heir.
Who was Ibrahimi Raisi?
Let us tell you that Raisi is 63 years old, who has worked as the head of Iran’s judiciary from 2019-21. Thousands of political prisoners were hanged en masse at the end of the bloody Iran-Iraq war in 1988. Raisi was banned by the US for his involvement in this. Ibrahim Raisi was born in 1960 in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city and a holy pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims. Raisi’s father died just 5 years after Raisi’s birth.
Raisi is considered a descendant of Prophet Muhammad
Ibrahim Raisi is also known as a descendant of Prophet Muhammad. When Raisi was 15 years old, he started attending madrasas. After this, in his student life, he also participated in protests against the Western-backed Shah. However, by the year 1979, this movement started being led by Ayatollah Khamenei, which was later named the Islamic Revolution. After this revolution, Raisi joined the judiciary. Being trained by Khamenei, he continued to work as a prosecutor in many cities. When Raisi became the prosecutor in Tehran, he was only 25 years old at that time. In the year 2019, Raisi was appointed as the head of the judiciary.
Raisi hanged thousands of people
During this period, Raisi used the courts to suppress the bloodiest political unrest since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Many such allegations were made against Raisi that under his leadership thousands of people were sentenced to death by the court. According to the Amnesty International report, the number of people sentenced to death was about 5 thousand. On the other hand, according to human rights organizations, about 30 thousand people were sentenced to death. Let us tell you that due to violation of human rights, the US had imposed sanctions against Raisi. Let us tell you that he also had a role in the executions of the 1980s and the suppression of unrest in the year 2009.
When this accident happened, Ibrahim Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.
Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi’s crashed helicopter has not been found yet. It is believed that the helicopter of the President of Iran has crashed in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of the country. A large-scale rescue operation has been launched in the entire region but so far no team has got success. Meanwhile, now PM Modi has also expressed concern over this incident and has shown solidarity with the people of Iran.
Where did this incident happen?
When this accident happened, Ibrahim Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. The President’s helicopter was reported to have hard landed about 600 km (375 miles) northwest of Iran’s capital Tehran. However, a local government official has called it an accident. According to the information, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hussain Amirabdollahian, the Governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards were also traveling with Raisi.
PM Modi expressed concern
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also expressed deep concern over this entire incident. He tweeted on Sunday at 11 pm and expressed deep concern over the reports coming regarding the helicopter flight of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and said that India stands in solidarity with the Iranian people in this hour of crisis.
Who is Ibrahim Raisi?
63-year-old Ibrahim Raisi became president in the year 2021. He led the country’s judiciary for a while. He is also seen as the successor of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran’s state TV has said that rescue workers were trying to reach the scene, but bad weather in the area is hampering it.
