'No sign of life' at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's president, others

[shelshaw]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/official-says-rescuers-see-helicopter-023159433.html

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state television said Monday there is “no sign of life” seen at the crash site of a helicopter that was carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and others.

The site was across a steep valley and rescuers had yet to reach it, state media reported.

As the sun rose Monday, rescuers saw the helicopter from a distance of some 2 kilometers (1.25 miles), the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, told state media. He did not elaborate and the officials had been missing at that point by over 12 hours.

The helicopter crashed Sunday and was carrying Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollhian and others.

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[Renew Deal]

1. There were some reports earlier about being in telephone contact with 2 passangers.

Was that fake? It seemed suspicious since it didn't say anything about the status of the president.

[rollin74]

2. i believe that report was denied by Iranian state media shortly after it started circulating

[Bucky]

3. He was not one of the moderates.

Believed in strict sexual segregation, islamification of all education, approved chopping off hands as punishment for theft, celebrated the mass execution of dissidents in 1988...

[rollin74]

4. close-up footage of crash site

Link to tweet

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[shelshaw]

5. Wow!

Hard landing, my ass!

[LeftInTX]

7. "Hard landing" is Russian propaganda for crash

[Xolodno]

6. His Presidency was largely considered a trial run.

He was heavily considered to replace the current Ayatollah should he pass or resign. His death complicates things for them as his "election" was heavily marred already with the lowest turnout in history.

[GenThePerservering]

8. One down

how many to go?

[Xolodno]

9. And its that attitude that will always keep Iran against the USA.

They may dislike their government, but they hate the USA even more. Your comment as well as Repub Rick Scott who basically said the same thing gets circulated and only affirms their distrust.

[BWdem4life]

12. Oh, so sad

I really really want Iran to trust us. Allah know Iran has given us so many reasons to trust them.

[Xolodno]

13. We're the ones that tossed the democratically elected government....

....and imposed the Shah.

That's why my wife's father had to leave, get over yourself. Families of exiles (like me) and refugee's have a very different point of view.

When I was in Egypt a few months ago, we drove by their Military Academy, lots of murals of El Sisi, on the walls, two of them with him shaking hands with President Xi and President Putin.

Get over yourself.

[BWdem4life]

14. I got over myself years ago.

And I don't need a history lesson. But, that's all it is -- history.

[Xolodno]

15. Apparently not.

[BannonsLiver]

17. Couldn't care less.

With friends like that…

[moondust]

10. CNN: No survivors.

Nine on board.

[lindysalsagal]

11. 4 possibilities:

1. Allah didn't like that guy, since it's a theocracy.
2. Allah didn't know the copter was in trouble, since it's a theocracy.
3. Allah doesn't care who wins elections or who runs his country, since it's a theocracy.
4. There is no allah., since it's a theocracy.

[BigmanPigman]

16. Gee, that's a real shame.

I wish all mass murderers would be forgiven so that they can continue to murder even more....

[John Shaft]

18. These people must be idiots