Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others found dead at the site of a helicopter crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, state media said on Monday. NBC News' Claudio Lavanga has the latest on Early Today.
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[@methylbenzodiazepine]

The mountain was just nominated for a Nobel peace prize.

[@DeeDee-tx8ll]

Hes with Kobe Bryant now together in helicopter heaven

[@blackcauldron]

This comment is underrated! 🎉

[@learn2playtv711]

Are you dumb? Mountains did nothing, it was helicopter who won the prize

[@Mrchair905]

May he be reincarnated as an Iranian woman. 🙏

[@Stephen-fe8bq]

Hahaha 😉😅😂🤣

[@grant88162]

😈💀💀

[@nakking3224]

Bruh

[@user-rj7dl8lw5h]

کصخل درباره ما ایرانیا چی می گی💀

[@Mike.The.Jeweler]

And here I was voting for Chinese female

[@jakecrawford9787]

Poor Helicopter. Thoughts and prayers for the helicopters family

[@boss-ut6yw]

158 likes no comment i gotchu bro

[@user-yc9jv3jz2k]

❤❤❤🎉🎉 EXELENTE TRABAJO DIJO EL CAPITÁN AMÉRICA AL HOMBRE INVISIBLE SALUDOS DESDE BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA BENDICIONES

[@meliodas0169]

An accident brought to you by 🇮🇱&🇺🇸!

[@anujsapkota502]

american or nato western spotted

[@HunterShows]

A moment of silence for the mountain.

[@boss-ut6yw]

🤣🤣🤣

[@billybowman3891]

🤫⛰

[@WatchmyPlaylist.]

So why is he the bad guy again? And with friends like Israel who needs enemies ???....

[@codename1176]

@@WatchmyPlaylist.the man was an oppressive religious dictator. Led a country where if you put your headscarf on wrong you get killed. Don’t try to defend that filth.

[@nalungajudith3106]

Oh no

[@hrlincoln9873]

My condolences to any wildlife killed.

[@MatthewBaran]

😢there could be dead wildlife? Noooooo

[@amirwwzdyi]

گاو با ایرانیا درست رفتار کن

[@amirwwzdyi]

به شما خر ها سلام میرسانم

[@lordgarion514]

Don't forget the damaged and killed trees.😢

[@lettheflamestakeover7374]

I don’t know how to even reciprocate, I just treat others how they treat others🤣do you still wonder why I’m so rude to you here?

[@Parsa.naraxyyy]

A moment of silence for the trees, mountain, helicopter, and the pilots

[@530MAIDU]

Praying for the Persian People to be Free from Dictatorship. 🕊️❤️‍🔥⚖️

[@lettheflamestakeover7374]

Praying you get deported back😂

[@hanaezzati5928]

بسیار سپاسگذارم🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Sami-oc2pz]

❤❤❤❤Thank you very much

[@lunashadow9665]

Thank you dear ❤

[@shhYyoo-8666]

Thank you 🌹

[@stellarwind1946]

You never want to be in a helicopter near fog or mountains

[@MichaelJones-yx4zv]

Or a president near people who want you dead

[@EnigmaticAnamoly]

Thanks, professor.

[@nda123full]

In this case you do

[@kreillenkame4985]

Never want to be in a helicopter again period. Its like riding inside a flying off balance washer with random cell phone alarms going off...

[@lettheflamestakeover7374]

@@kreillenkame4985 how are pilots going to get better if they can’t fly you😂

[@EE-kf8ip]

We were worried he survived. People are celebrating on the street. Report on that.

[@user-xo3ij3vc6v]

حتما تو جشن گرفتی خاک عالم برسرت

[@Gojo.Satorufan666]

​@@Eliiiiiiiiiia.از حرام لقمه انتظار دیگه ای نمیره

[@111voodoo]

Is the helicopter ok?

[@VectorMonz]

I'm afraid not!

[@AKHwashere]

no

[@Sora-o]

I think it brokey

[@kel5088]

Why do people constantly get on Helicopters and small planes in inclement weather?

[@davidcudlip6587]

To make the evening news. Pay the lady on the way out.

[@Mike.The.Jeweler]

How else is a 3rd world Eastern leader gonna feel like a western leader?

[@jonathanirizarry4040]

Tell that to kobe.

[@TheRealHempress]

because the need to replace leadership runs rampant these days ...

[@blackedmirror5073]

Life goes on!

[@greenman6141]

Anyone else notice how beautiful is the area that the reporter was standing in front of? It may be a city or a town, but it has beautiful vines rambling across the building fronts, and lovely greenery in pots as well.

[@tek4399]

That is Turkey

[@greenman6141]

@@tek4399 Ah! Thank you for letting me know.

[@fatemahamiri2360]

Me as an Iranian with the majority of Iran are so happy to hear he is not alive anymore! Cuz Raisi was a brutal murderer, he killed thousands of political prisoners when he was a justice chief!

[@user-wp4jm5ou7r]

گوه اضافی نخور

[@luuys7253]

May God give Freedom to Iranian people 🙏🙏🙏

[@Netcentric-fk6ek]

they called him 'the butcher of Tehran'....for a reason

[@AereForst]

“The butcher of Tehran” while a genocide is carried out funded by the AIPAC-owned US government, in full view of the world

[@j.w.m.415]

What reason was that?

[@AereForst]

@@j.w.m.415 don’t bother. Comment from another Zionazi shill

[@smallxplosion9546]

@@j.w.m.415He executed a bunch of his political prisoners

[@Crow44195]

@@smallxplosion9546who called him that?

[@Scott767300]

Mountains, fog, weather,helicopters. An old bell 212 with a 250 mile range attempting to fly 500 miles. Needed a fuel stop. No sign of fire. I could write the accident report in my sleep.

[@walterengler5709]

Well also add in how he was the supposed successor to the person in power in Iran, others within their Theocracy were jealous, and the normal copter he would have used was "unavailable". How does your report change LOL. Look it was likely an accident. But I've already seen things with statements about Mossad being behind this or internal powers or Sunni sub factions in Iran upset of their treatment by the Shia or ... OH the theories are all SOOO entertaining.

[@Scott767300]

@@walterengler5709 Of course conspiracies will go wild. To be expected. A head of state dies in a crash. It would be ignorant to say there is no possible way. That being said, this type of accident happens in aviation all the time. The circumstances are textbook. I have been an aviation pro for 40 years and know a little about this general area including 20,000 hours on the flight deck. I wouldn’t get on a helicopter in good weather on flat terrain much less an old bell 212 (that probably isn’t supported very well by the manufacturer because of geopolitics) in bad weather in mountains while range limited. They would have had to make a fuel stop of course. The crash picture doesn’t appear to have any fire damage. Again, anything is possible but these circumstances are almost standard in many many aviation accidents.

[@nobreathing0244]

Helicopters in the mountains plus fog are just cursed. The Kobe accident was similar

[@okapislash5406]

Make sure to include the Jesus nut ...no pun intended

[@Scott767300]

@@nobreathing0244 Yep. Happens all the time.

[@marsargoxmiso1695]

Oh no that’s awful 😢 hope the mountain is okay and not much damage a lot of animals depend on the mountain

[@MrFrogTheChad]

My condolences to the grass that was burnt slightly.

[@LePetitChatNoir79]

In other news… A toilet plunger recently blinked into existence with memories of his previous life as an Iranian president.

[@rzn2258]

He's not as bad as OUR current one

[@kaleylindsay8923]

⁠@@rzn2258you’re joking right? Go move to Iran then and tell me how you like it.

[@truross26]

Mf do you live over there lol judge your own cultrure and leave them people run their own country ​@kaleylindsay8923

[@aleacitro7054]

You can say the same about a lot of US presidents as well.And no I don't have to leave the US,I say what I want!

[@xboxhack585]

Bro pulled a Kobe. Rip Kobe

[@jazz5132]

Kobe was loved this guy not so much.

[@xboxhack585]

@@jazz5132 this guy is loved by 10% of his country and Palestinians

[@nanooky9764]

Don't get excited he'll be replaced with another one

[@None-jf8xg]

Absolutely

[@Mike.The.Jeweler]

He was replaced by another one long before they sabotaged the heli lol

[@Wise__guy]

Ahh Israel the eternal victim

[@mjt1517]

@@Wise__guythis is about Iran.

[@TheRealHempress]

I can't believe the people just allow establishment to "pick" leaders for them, essentially?

[@KarlDahlquist]

Sorry for your loss NBC

[@davidca96]

lel

[@chrisbuck96]

Maybe iran should of stayed in their lane in the first place

[@bluesbatteries2381]

Oh wow thats crazy! The Iran President Perished in a helicopter crash

[@PsalmOne91]

Homeland

[@PistolP33]

Cue the world's smallest violin

[@BinkyStalls]

Where was Boeing?

[@gwapo461]

Bell.

[@zach7948]

Too busy replacing jetliner parts with paper maché.

[@Punisher6791]

Terrible things happen to terrible people.

[@fuego4957]

Bro thinks he's kobe💀

[@beastybacon199]

Bro thinks he’s kobe💀

[@imslowerthanlight.1739]

Wild

[@BasicGemini]

You’re so brain rotten

[@Elbombdeloscasa]

Oh my...😂

[@DatCatReal]

this is foul 💀

[@TrinhNguyen-nc7hj]

Yeah, that looks just like a hard landing.

[@usa-girl911]

😂😂😂

[@user-ut5iv7qt6u]

His ego and his crimes against humanity were too heavy for the helicopter.

[@underprotest4946]

Those poor mountains 😢

[@heyhackurs]

something is GLOWING here

[@markthompson1520]

Yeah, that big glowing ball is called a sun. Crazy thing, if you check outside at night, on specific nights, you'll see another glow from a big ball in the sky. That's the moon.

[@vade137]

Right...the 'glitch' that removed all of the weather data from that area on 5/19 from the CRIA International Weather Satellite means, we'll actually never know if there was fog. We'll just have to rely on the media's CGI pics.

[@vade137]

@@markthompson1520 CRIA Interantional Weather Radar removed all of it's weather data from that region on 5/19. So when you go to the weather site you can get all of the data from 5/18 and 5/20...but not the info from 5/19...day of supposed crash. The problem is the media is caught lying all of the time, so they are the worst source to verify anything.

[@denverscott37]

🕶️

[@denverscott37]

​@@markthompson1520 WOOOOOSSSHHHHH.. Perhaps you should look into what "Glowing" means in political terms, here's a little hint, it's just 3 little letters...

[@brabble2006]

Was the mountain damaged at all?

[@Izaan-vw7il]

Rest and peace 🕊️

[@Animodeus]

Rip helicopter

[@pamelan5408]

God protect us please

[@lukesimas]

Anyone not know that governments can manipulate weather to use as a weapon? Do the research on your own and come to your own conclusion.

[@mikestonne]

I feel bad for the trees and the helicopter..oh yeah and i hope the mountain is ok

[@BonnKialStevens]

WOW.

[@boblalonde5164]

His flying carpet wasn't ready, so he had to use the helicopter.

[@nervousbunnygaming]

This is actual breaking news

[@LIVdaBrand]

The timing is just too right. We did something👀

[@SpiderCUZ999]

You’re brain dead

[@ericwanderweg8525]

We as in that country on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean that we’re not allowed to criticize?

[@monitor1862]

Not everything is a conspiracy. It could just be an accident.

[@prestigev6131]

@@monitor1862That’s true, but when world leaders die in some sort of accident, there’s a 99.999999% chance that it wasn’t really an “accident”

[@kerrywatkins1400]

I can honestly say that I was in no way saddened by the news.

[@leilasimon6081]

And all will see how great is our God!

[@spectralnighttravel]

You media are so obvious, it's hilarious. "After a day of uncertainty." No one was worried.

[@peepypeepo]

they were unsure if he died or not, uncertainty doesn't mean they were worried it means they did not know

[@AegisAuras]

@@peepypeepo it’s uncertain if we can celebrate yet

[@Only-me-baby-tf9km]

Thats too bad. Prayers to their families. Regardless of our differences these were people with real families.

[@tkmorrison6404]

You mean monsters?

[@Only-me-baby-tf9km]

@@tkmorrison6404 well they may have been monsters but their families are real. The pain they feel I'm sure us real.

[@Dadashov007]

@@tkmorrison6404Don’t act like every leader or politician in the world are innocent

[@sherylF5610]

Strangely surprising.

[@parttimepreppers9907]

Would love to hear what the crews in the other two Helicopters had to say?

[@v.9964]

I mean, does anyone really care?! Why should we care?!

[@thegreatape884]

You obviously cared enough to get bothered by it and leave a comment.

[@Dadashov007]

Queen Elisabeth’s death was breaking whole world why should we get bothered by it?

[@snowpegasi]

@@Dadashov007 because Queen Elisabeth wasn't a butcher and a tyrant

[@Dadashov007]

@@snowpegasi who cares lol

[@oldsharkbythesea3962]

Vengeance has finally arrived! - Mahsa Amini

[@mariomosqueda1015]

My condolences to the fuel ⛽️ that was wasted

[@S800389]

What’s the chances this happened before with a basketball player 😮

[@Karma402]

Insane right

[@katejohnson3598]

Pretty high if you get in a chopper in fog that’s not equipped with the proper radar

[@jazz5132]

But the basketball player was loved.

[@FYMASMD]

No one cares.

[@jcho0222]

NBC can't distinguish between "hard landing" and "crash." Hilarious.

[@RoyalBlueMoonRiviera]

They killed him. He was targeted for months.

[@thecactussword4304]

Went out the same way as Buddy and the Big Bopper, weather got bad and they got stuck in a place they shouldn't have been.

[@seasoundstudio6129]

File under: reading obituary with glee.

[@grabir01]

Can the Chopper be fixed?

[@JustReed]

What we always say about flying around and near mountains. 'Watch out for the mountains.' Seriously, we do.

[@hoodwolf4155]

Instability is not what is needed at this time.

[@NightRiderT7]

Well it’s a sad day for Americas politicians who now have to find a new way to launder your tax dollars back to their pockets

[@winterinvicta]

Same party new leader nothing should change.

[@TheRealHempress]

🎯🤣🤣🤣👍

[@Wise__guy]

You sir are the only person that’s actually paying attention. It’s also a sad day for Israel they need to find a new bad guy to acuse him of victimizing them

[@mjt1517]

@@Wise__guythis is just one dork who died. The office still remains.

[@Penelopesyoutube]

They have zelensky.

[@boss-ut6yw]

Americans rn :🕺🕺 Iranian women rn : 🕺🕺🕺 the media : 🕺🕺 the reporters : 🕺🕺 the camera man :🕺🕺 the commenters : 🕺🕺 NBC News :🕺🕺 the helicopter : 🕺🕺 his haters : 🕺🕺 idk what to say again 🕺🕺🕺

[@jasonparcio4560]

Sending condolences to their family and to the Iranian country, God is always awake and he is preventing his people and want to stop the war😇

[@Just-Human]

The Big Guy didn't get his 10%

[@Adriana_1991]

Really praying for the Iran woman they are all so beautiful and wish for their freedom god bless them ❤you don’t deserve to be held hostage by some insecure men! They are nothing with out you

[@davidboi4025]

May he never rest in peace🎉🥂🍾

[@chazayah5985]

All rest in peace

[@hanaezzati5928]

We are all one and the suffering of others is our suffering.

[@user-rv8el8xz6r]

​@@hanaezzati5928not when you massacre people you are no longer one with me .🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@PistolP33]

All 72 virgins are men...

[@lavenderjasmine]

Brainwashed people

[@cjpolett2055]

Nothing to see here

[@chelseamadridista]

Frances, we miss you in Boston!!!

[@bryanlorang417]

We're suppose to feel bad how...

[@WatchmyPlaylist.]

Cus we did it? Haarp

[@alwayshumble8817]

I’m curious how weather was fine before takeoff. Sabotage and assassination. There nothing natural or accidental about his death.

[@justinmoore4898]

Now when are the protest in America going to start for this...

[@FYMASMD]

Never.

[@molag-ballordofdomination2065]

​@@FYMASMDpeople protest over anything

[@snowpegasi]

@@molag-ballordofdomination2065 I can't believe you just said that, I'm gonna go to a bunch of my trust fund friends who like to pretend they are poor socialist and we're gonna inconvenience the general public

[@sky_-_-]

is the air ok? im so sorry he had to breathe in the poor poor air😢

[@citycountry7365]

There is a hope for a free and democratic future for Iran.

[@BaggerFood101]

I know you’re being nice but is pretty mean and ignorant. They’re neighbors are controlled by the tallaban. Iran is cooked stop being naive.

[@nightowlslounge]

Not really, their supreme leader is still alive unfortunately.

[@Carolinapetroska]

That's one step closer and away for those useless dictators.

[@onlywei]

If that ever happened, the CIA would just overthrow it again.

[@tonyducks1121]

Not really. The Ayatollah has all the real power and it's supreme.

[@savedgesurvive]

Oh no.... this is going to get wild

[@kixnuzia6919]

Kobe Bryant: "You too?"

[@elevateyourmind3358]

Gods will always remain.

[@user-kq2st1zu2k]

Where's the dead body?

[@green461]

no one cares and no one should.

[@chazayah5985]

Stop commenting

[@chazayah5985]

Stop commenting

[@chazayah5985]

Stop commenting

[@hanaezzati5928]

😢😢😢

[@Just_a_random_birb]

i do

[@nunyanunya4147]

hmmm...remind me how ww2 started?

[@chilledmonkeebrains]

I wonder how long before this crash is blamed on the US

[@larryboody6737]

Gravity to the rescue

[@savedgesurvive]

To the rescue?? You think this is going to make that conflict better?? Lol oh you don't a really pay attention to the politics in those countries but probably protest one way or another

[@hunkarguzel6685]

Türkiye’s high altitude drone AKINCI found crash site. Iran has no such a technology yet.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Fly in the mountains in bad weather - and this stuff happens. It's not like this is the first time. .

[@nickoloidsteven7773]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 so sad

[@Dmidnightmachine]

I'm sure it was a complete accident..............................

[@LIVdaBrand]

👀

[@KrustyKlown]

Israel is reporting it was an accident, they had no involvement. /s

[@SculptSome]

The CIA approves this message

[@MateoCruz-zu4il]

Accident: 200 50 cal bullets found in the helicopter

[@AmberAbyss-nh4lc]

The CIA assassinated Julius Caesar

[@8180634]

Does anyone know who would be the logical successor and anything about them? That would determine whether this was a good or bad thing for the world.

[@winterinvicta]

For one the rest of the goverment that aligns with their belief still exists, two it’s the vice president like in any other country.

[@The_0ne_True_Kat]

Oh No! Anyway

[@ixz_653]

Alhamdulillah

[@paradoxinteractiveprisoner4244]

Mls in shambles rn

[@PofakNamake-ni7qs]

😢😢

[@KrispyAimAssist]

You think after the Kobe incident, pilots would take note NOT to fly in the fog

[@bobpiec]

Did you see that recked helicopter? It sounds like it happened in a heavy fog! Everyone on this bird died So Sad, To Bad. Is it OK to say this You Tube?

[@gjk540]

As long as you learn how to spell, Mr. Recked.

[@FlagTheRef]

Hopefully the White House did not send condolences

[@ItavFreydooni]

How about the pilots died in the crash? Who were they?

[@Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm1]

Wonder what actually happened here…

[@usa-girl911]

We will never know.

[@Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm1]

@@usa-girl911 no. But if WW3 breaks out, we’ll have a pretty good idea…

[@Pizorinistam]

قصاب تهران مرد...

[@michelsummers6108]

Condolences to the families for their loss🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@lifeguardryantv5846]

RIP to all this is not good

[@masteroffun9627]

Just like Kobe. 😟

[@TheSakufighter]

“Powerful foreign minister” doesn’t seem so powerful to me. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@grabir01]

Raisi just said yesterday he was going to nuke Israel.

[@beachgirl5316]

Didn't hear that but not surprised. Jesus deals with those who come against Him and His Covenant. Do not fret because of evil doers nor be envious of the workers of iniquity, for they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb . Trust in the Lord and do good dwell in the land and feed on his faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and he shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord .Trust also in Him and he shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light in your justice as the noon day. Psalm 37