Death of president Raisi could cause ‘unravelling of the Islamic Republic system’ | Kasra Aarabi

“Elections are nothing but a rubber stamp and we have seen unprecedented engineering of elections.”
Iran’s 85-year-old supreme leader Ali Khamenei will be focused on who will succeed him after seeing the response to the president’s death, says Kasra Aarabi, Director of IRGC Research at United Against Nuclear Iran.
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[@markmierzejewski9534]

Honestly this is the moment that if the people of Iran wanted their nation back from zealots This is the time.

[@jamesmiller2735]

Zealots for taking a stand against injustice and feudalism perpetrated by people who are supposedly civilised or breaking away from puppetry?

[@markmierzejewski9534]

@@jamesmiller2735 Zealots. Correct. No goverment should be ran by any religious authority. Hence why " the butcher of Tehran " is no more.

[@rouz0]

Nobody really cares! The president is just an upfront figure in Iran.

[@mrs8768]

closeted westerner that knows nothing about the world or Iran making uninformed political statements. classic.

[@markmierzejewski9534]

@@mrs8768 I know more about life and this world than you can ever bare witness to. What I said rings true. I nor anyone alive can force comprehension to people like you who choose not to comprehend. Change starts with you and your poor beliefs.

[@Lora-G]

Iranians : take your country back from the fundamentalists. You time is NOW‼️‼️‼️

[@user-ij5lc1kw8r]

Optimist!

[@markfll]

Same could be said about the US.

[@Windrake101]

@@markfll Problem is, we seem to be in the opposite situation. With the Fundamentalist in position to seize power rather than lose it.

[@markfll]

​@@Windrake101Unfortunately, I have to agree.

[@holboroman]

@@markfll What you fail to see is that is the will of the American people, demonstrated on polling day. Can such a thing be said about Iran?

[@stephensuddick1896]

The tragedy of his death is not commensurate with the tragedies wrought by his living.

[@HeBeDrGB]

This WAS NOT a tragedy...

[@nni9310]

Well expressed.

[@reticenti6365]

Perfectly said

[@rouz0]

Nobody really cares! The president is just an upfront figure in Iran

[@giabe8470]

You don’t get the title butcher of Tehran without reason

[@ekaner117]

I bet the women of iran are over joyed

[@user-343-8fx]

There are still more powerful people alive sadly, west needs to help liberate them.

[@mrs8768]

@@user-343-8fx did you not pay attention to the last time the west 'liberated' a country. Libya is now a failed state thanks to the west.

[@boota1979]

@@user-343-8fx Well it deposed the shah.....

[@user-343-8fx]

@@boota1979 someone needs to help the innocent women, someone with power, i dont care who, but seems the world is run by psychos and we cant expect morals from anyone, its sad.

[@boota1979]

@@user-343-8fx I agree, the peoples time has to come soon we cannot go on being 'ruled' by these maniacs. It saddens my heart it really does...

[@politirel2]

RIP Little Helicopter 1968-2024.

[@Quranictreatment2000]

😂😂😂

[@fernandomartosvico1018]

😂😂😂

[@applemac100100]

😂

[@Calibism2345]

Bro, no one is talking about the poor trees. ☹️

[@3rdandlong]

Yes. Such a tragedy. It obviously had many more years of chopping at the air. Condolences to the little choppers.

[@Dr75532]

FREE 🇮🇷 Iran

[@balkanikking160]

From who from you

[@gerardk51]

@@balkanikking160 From Islam.

[@MASUW]

From all Foreign Agents.

[@Dr75532]

@@balkanikking160 how you mean I’m not bothered either way ! Puzzling post that

[@yaqootmir6761]

Free America 😎

[@infinity5968]

FREEEEEEEEEDOM to Iran

[@eric2500]

When a 63 year old is the new generation you have a problem!

[@lcchocolate59]

No different than us US citizen electing senile or over 64 years old men.

[@davidjma7226]

He was in his twenties when he was murdering people. He was also very uneducated and could hardly string two sentences together!

[@yaqootmir6761]

Thus coming from a country where 2 people one 85 the other 74 are fighting for presidency 😂 do you listen to what you say?

[@garyt.8745]

​@lcchocolate59 .... _except_ for the _"elected"_ part, right? Other than _that tiny detail,_ no different!?!? 🤦

[@jesusvdelgado5401]

​@lcchocolate59 but no one never called them senile elected a new generation as the 63 + Iranians were called.

[@user-ol7pr2jf3b]

Oh happy day, oh happy day…we will be having parties all month.

[@AugaAuf]

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!

[@brianparsons9368]

​@@AugaAuf🎉🥳🍻😂😂😂

[@jamesgreen1116]

Like when the queen died?

[@AugaAuf]

@@jamesgreen1116 Like when Gaddafi died.

[@jamesgreen1116]

@@AugaAuf when the queen died or thatcher those parties were much better ;( why would you care about someone born thousands of miles away who you were brainwashed to hate? Wake up ffs.

[@AngusAbbott-qf8xm]

Women in Iran will be pleased with this news

[@hiramabiff225]

They're not allowed to be happy. So says the morality police.

[@SpikedJet]

​@@hiramabiff225ooooooo scary 😂 Happy? Go and read the study done by Oswald and Blanchflower you will be quite shocked to see how much happier western women are!!!

[@stevenr8606]

@hiramabiff225If they are wearing the hijab, how can you NOT SEE them SMILING 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@iFryTube]

Karma doesn't always show up but yesterday, in Iran it was front and centre

[@jf1573]

Karma or Mossad has a very powerful fog machine.

[@zsuzsamold]

​@@jf1573it's the same.

[@callummilburn8204]

If you believe in karma it does

[@whowhy9023]

Better late than never…

[@jf1573]

@@callummilburn8204 It depends how you define karma. the Sanskrit word “​karma​” simply means “action” or “deed.” According to Hindu philosophy, every action (​karma​) has a reaction or outcome. - Well, he flew with an old helicopter through foggy mountains. That was an action with an outcome, I'd say.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Well at-least we can be sure there were no women onboard of the helicopter..

[@Withnail1969]

List of female members of the Cabinet of Iran

[@warrenwalker8170]

Yes but there could've been a little boys

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

so ...do they get 99 virgins for dying accidently? someone clarify that point

[@davidjma7226]

​@@Withnail1969The Minister for Women's affairs is a woman. She was one of the first students over the wall into the US embassy in Tehran in 1979. Her kids have been educated in the USA. Most of the Iranian elite prefer it. Her son now lives in the USA.

[@Celtsrus]

Hope the Iranian people win their freedom from oppression.

[@maggotman2024]

Every dark cloud has a silver lining!

[@patriot388]

The Iranian people deserve a democratic government that governs for the people, not the brutal 7th century regime they have had for decades!

[@gulfwing8453]

A 30-50 year old helicopter flying in IFR conditions, in the mountains covered with dense fog. Lots of bad decisions.

[@VersinKettorix]

One could also argue that they were fortunate decisions for most people. He was not a positive contributor to his country or the world in general.

[@olddog-fv2ox]

I would say the pilot wasnt IFR rated

[@barriewilliams4526]

Good decisions for most right thinking people😉

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

Act of the "Great Satan " no incompetence or act of God

[@ChazH2011]

@@andrewwmacfadyen6958 Believing that Mossad or the CIA having any part of this tragic event is pure fantasy.

[@denisestarr2314]

Let the people of Iran be free now .

[@melissakelly5813]

The real tragedy is that he lived this long.Iranians are have a party ever since they heard the news

[@zsuzsamold]

Exactly my thoughts.

[@aussie8114]

They presumed Allah would protect them. Allah can’t see through the fog.

[@craigdavies4682]

The Jesus nut called out to God to be released. So released it was.

[@charlesbynum]

I'd like to think Allah WAS the fog.

[@mho...]

a shared mental illness hasnt saved anyone

[@bertnl530]

@@charlesbynum Where I live, many people feel that God is everywhere around them. Perhaps this is proove of evidence ?

[@garyt.8745]

Allah, presumably, chose _that very helicopter,_ right?

[@eric2500]

Dead by his own ego, who is going to say "no sir we can't fly in this weather" to the Second in Line?

[@robynsjp]

Supreme leader failed to take supreme helicopter, damn.

[@bluedoughnut1334]

The supreme leader is alive, its the president who is dead.

[@adz951]

😂😂

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

MOST Leaders have The Best helicopter, not.....yeah, we'll take that one

[@yazdani3289]

All that money wasted on not getting a modern helicopter

[@michaeltichonuk2176]

Sanctions work. Slowly at times, but they do work.

[@timonsolus]

How can Western sanctions work against Iran (or Russia) when most of Asia and Africa are not cooperating with the sanctions?

[@TOdoubledizzle24]

​He is refering to the fact that this was and old and beat down helicopter to fly around a president. He attributes that to the sanctions!​@@timonsolus

[@colinvanderross5825]

​@@timonsolusmost of Asia is chicken and just want to live in peace and AI,when talking about Africa,that's another flock that follows any devil as long as they see bling.

[@timonsolus]

@@TOdoubledizzle24 : Nothing to do with sanctions and everything to do with bad procurement policy for the Iranian air force. Iran could have bought new transport helicopters from Russia or China if it had wanted to - it didn’t want to.

[@bellonasservant4496]

@@timonsolus There is a reason why you use an US computer, a Western car and a US website and not some from Africa, China or ruZZia.

[@user-ng2hc8zj6x]

Can we arrange a similar flight for Putin?

[@jamesmiller2735]

Yeah, Biden goes first since he is older, and after him, King Charles.

[@dougellis7917]

and Von Schitzenpants

[@eugenieponleve667]

Didn't Putin arrange such a flight for some general,one of his friends already ?

[@jamesmiller2735]

@eugenieponleve667 who are we going to ask? Didn't you know that people's husbands and sons were murdered by prigozhin when he ordered the downing of those helicopters and reconnaissance plane on Russian soil? From then onwards, his days became numbered, and no one needed Vladimir Putins' permission to take him out.

[@rouz0]

Yes we do after you watch these videos all and reflect sufficiently about yourself 1.Donbass: 8 years of war" - Documentary 2.A New Cold War? Ukraine Violence Escalates, Leaked Tape Suggests U.S. Was Plotting Coup 3.F*** the EU: Alleged audio of US diplomat .... swearing 4......leaked phone conversation _COMPLETE with SUBTITLES 5. Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine 6, Video from March, "No one was interested in the Donbass before 2022 7.NN threat in new Ukraine: NEWSNIGHT, report of 2014 8. Ukraine's NN Problem 9. Ukraine's far-right children's camp: 'I want to bring up a warrior' 10. Why do some Ukrainians want to be part of Russia?

[@pierredostiedetabernacle3506]

Can you please read the Amnesty International report about the crime committed by this man during his tenure as the prosecutor then the head of the judiciary in Iran?

[@DK-ev9dg]

You mean America?

[@warrenwalker8170]

No that would be news and the western press just imitates each other so nobody's actually going to talk about it - too risky

[@robynsjp]

Bell Helicopters you rock !

[@the-hollywood-dog-says-6072]

Mossad, you rock!

[@baltasarnoreno5973]

I can't believe that the Iranians bought American helicopters!!!

[@adamredwine774]

@@baltasarnoreno5973they bought them half a century ago.

[@timonsolus]

@@adamredwine774: Rather, the King of Persia bought the helicopter in the mid 1970’s. Along with a lot of other American hardware.

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

@@baltasarnoreno5973 They did in huge numbers prior to 1979, is this some kind of surprise to some? You do know what happened in Iran then?

[@LynnnnnnnnnN]

The people in this comment section rock! Also BIG shoutout to Karma and the citizens of Iran! 😎💪

[@yamaneko-ex8fy]

Freedom for Iranian people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@midimusicforever]

I wish for democracy in Iran!

[@monkeymagic4555]

Some say they were last heard screaming Ally's At The Bar...ALLY'S AT THE BAR!

[@AlphariusDominatus]

DURKA DURKA!! MUHAMMED JIHAD!

[@frankleespeaking9519]

Less money on drones, more money on helicopters

[@timonsolus]

Yes, Iran should have bought helicopters from China

[@sitrepSNAFU]

I hope so, no more funds for hamas, the houthis and hezbollah

[@rouz0]

How unaware you are about realities😅 Nobody really cares! The president is just an upfront figure in Iran. The supreme leader is the main character and he controls the military and other things

[@adamredwine774]

I wish but no. They’ll keep funding them.

[@mkodyChallengesYOu]

Nope The supreme leaders will pick someone and agenda stats same Hi and bye

[@ShervinZ]

He'll be replaced in afew seconds

[@hiramabiff225]

Or? Russia. Oops!!

[@Abornazine]

My sincere condolences to any flora and fauna that may have suffered due the helicopter crash in Iran.

[@bertnl530]

Perhaps Khamenei can't handle it and gets sick. That would be a good thing for the Iranian people.

[@eric2500]

I am not fussed. Woman.Life Freedom!

[@bladestarX]

When there is a death that involves the weather isn’t the correct term, “an act of God?”

[@vaterunser3879]

As I learned from the latest SNL episode, a rabbi named Gill is controlling the weather... So it must be true

[@martinoamello3017]

@@vaterunser3879 Joe Biden controls the weather.. Every rube knows that.. 😄

[@alive9414]

Excellent news good stuff

[@bud144]

Karma

[@DavidGetling]

If the "hard landing" turns out to be down to Iranian dissidents then it certainly could. Which is why Iran's despots will never admit it if this was the cause.

[@alanwatterson2850]

It won't. It was fog

[@nnan0001]

'i can only imagine' how things went when he met his maker.

[@isay207]

🔥🔥🔥

[@peterlinfield8707]

I think St Peter may turn him away.

[@rebamoon4965]

Please read in the Book of Luke chapter 16. Graphic true account of what happens to the wicked when they die...and the righteous who are in Christ. Chilling!

[@larsrons7937]

Maybe he got his 77 virgins. I don't think there's any gender or age requirements for those virgins. B.t.w. I've heard that many mujahideens are virgins. Maybe he didn't get the sort of paradise he expected?

[@steveburke7675]

@@rebamoon4965 Just Stop... this stone age thinking enabled the current regime.

[@rockynanach]

Lots of happy candies today

[@PtolemyJones]

The only way the Ayatollah's will leave power will most likely only be the way they took power. Not saying the Shah was a good man, but everything since seems to have been worse.

[@petercaroline4855]

When is Putin's and his thugs helicopter ride🤔

[@hiramabiff225]

I reckon I know who was flying the helicopter, it was putin, fitted with Soviet era parachute.

[@jeff6660]

I knew that within a couple of hours they would be blaming Israel.

[@wilfredgrey6475]

I guess Israel is greater than the Iranian regime's god.

[@barriewilliams4526]

"Every cloud has a silver lining"

[@hiramabiff225]

This is a platinum lining.

[@zipperpillow]

Ouch! But also, "Bingo"!

[@garyt.8745]

As does _every fog bank!_ 👍

[@larrycox7169]

Wondering how many Iran leaders are ready to step on board a copter any time soon?

[@bertnl530]

Train is more secure.

[@emmanuelreuven7350]

It’s an American old helicopter, on Iranian service, under sanctions, and there is no spears. Because of the sanctions, Russia already lost dozens of airplanes and helicopters

[@hiramabiff225]

Sanctions are working then. 😂

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

They flew with Inshalla Airlines, a well know airline, this must have been the works of agent Eli Kopter!

[@eronelnosnhoj5545]

I hope Iran sees it's liberation at the hands of its beautiful women.

[@SlideRulePirate]

The will of Allah. He's not alone.

[@TOdoubledizzle24]

Nothing will change with this!

[@kdeuler]

I agree. The indoctrinated have all the guns.

[@williamgatheist1314]

Are there any leaders in the Iranian Military Leaders in a position for a coup, give the world another form of government, anything is better than what Iran has now

[@Fastbikkel]

Anything? I doubt it. I get what you're saying i guess, but not anything is better.

[@slippingsnake]

"...anything is better" : North Korea or Turkmenistan, ISIS Caliphat, Taliban Emirat...

[@alanwatterson2850]

Well they did have a democracy in1953, but US/UK thought a monarchy would be better for them.

[@williamgatheist1314]

@@slippingsnake I am in total agreement with you, sir they are all bad but how do we measure "worse"?

[@rouz0]

Nobody really cares! The president is just an upfront figure in Iran. The supreme leader is the main character and he controls the military and other things

[@jamesgeorge4874]

*GOOD*

[@hiramabiff225]

The most blunt but true comment on here. I tip my hat to you sir!

[@ShervinZ]

This is so True!

[@azmrl]

How can an unraveled country unravel?

[@taurusx1000]

I think it will take more than this for the ppl to get back their country,things have been put in place to ensure the survival of the regime

[@teddy-liker3058]

Divine fog

[@joecastanon2479]

Gee thats too bad.

[@felipearbustopotd]

History has a way of repeating itself. On 2 June 1994, a Chinook helicopter of the Royal Air Force (RAF), serial number ZD576, crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, in foggy conditions. The crash resulted in the deaths of all twenty-five passengers and four crew on board. Among the passengers were almost all the United Kingdom's senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts. Why place so many 'eggs in one basket'?

[@cricketerfrench7501]

Because the Iranians only have one functional helicopter?

[@felipearbustopotd]

@@cricketerfrench7501 They have zero now. If the train is good enough for Kim Jong Un, maybe it will be good enough for the next leader?

[@bertnl530]

@@cricketerfrench7501 They had at least three.

[@anysailer]

and such an old one... tremendous news though ... we should all be delighted

[@allenmoses110]

The helicopter was built in 1971, well over 50 years old.

[@agboolataiye1680]

God of Israel has done it again and that is a warning to other enemies of Israel

[@conniechauke8804]

Amen 🙏 Hallelujah! GOD of Israel responded very well on behalf of Israeli haters

[@berniemurphy8678]

God bless Israel and the people of this beautiful country 🤍💙🤍🙏🙌

[@bertnl530]

I think it was the Will of Allah. Allah is no friend of such criminals.

[@steveburke7675]

It was bad weather...nothing more.

[@Stabe1981]

Those poor trees and mountains. 😅

[@anthonyferris8912]

This is how Putin got rid of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

[@PapakShirazi]

thank you!

[@HeriJoensen]

To the person is in charge of the camera switches on these videos: every time the host bids the guest good morning, the camera switches to the co-host, scratching their nose or rubbing their face. Just switch to the hosts video feed already :D It's just a matter of finding the right buttons. Come on! You can do it! :)

[@keylime2998]

Now is time for change. Let’s hope the Iranian people will be able to force more freedoms or a democracy!

[@jackperson3626]

Thanks!

[@3rdandlong]

A massive search is under way to find the Fog that caused this chopper to go down. The side of the mountain may also be under investigation for it's role in the crash.

[@stephenrichards5386]

It will make no difference at all. It will change nothing

[@christophercharles3169]

1 less dictator in the world. Such a tragedy.

[@TripG-lt1cl]

What surprises me is that he didn't have tools in his turban like Inspector Gadget had. Inspector Gadget also had the option of a helicopter from the hat and Raisi's turban seems to be the same size. I may be a bit influenced by cartoons, as a child it was my babyster.

[@DK-ev9dg]

Shame on you for getting so low.

[@TripG-lt1cl]

@@DK-ev9dg I'm not ashamed. Sorry, I'm anonymous. I haven't deviated from anything yet, and even with that, who cares, at most they'll block me, I'll create a new profile. no problem . I despise the man, I despise those who support him, I despise the theocratic regime and its leader and their plans. They bring a lot of bloodshed. Thousands are killed in their malicious plans and you think I'm stooping low?!

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

So when is the Ayatollah Satnclaus, going to take his helicopter ride?

[@FarterBoom]

He dont ride choppers, only Bugattis

[@cerberus2881]

There are millions more crazies where Raisi came from.

[@colin172]

Thank you helicopter😅

[@jim2376]

Spot on observation about the nature of Iran's government by the interviewee.

[@grouchodarx8160]

Raisi is with Yevgeniy Prigozhin, now.

[@daanyal2550]

Its laughable that people will willingly get their information from WESTERN sources about iran🤣

[@johncronin7875]

But at least it’s not Iranian propoganda

[@hackney7106]

Will be very interesting to see what direction this country takes.

[@andrewhaag2422]

They're Already Un-Fricken-Raveled !! 🔥🤔

[@JaBoi-72]

IT'S ABOUT TIME, THERE WAS A REGIME CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

[@gideonchoong2534]

State leader put into a 40 year old helicopter. What incompetence of a nation!!

[@mobilegamersunite]

O noooo! America is sooo sad over this 😂😂😂😂😂

[@azzarat79]

house of cards...

[@sullytrny]

Let me tell you a story about an Arch Duke in some small...

[@kasisatya5448]

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving group aside from the helicopter pilot - condolences to his family and any other creatures that might have been hurt when the helicopter crashed.

[@azamnowrouzi7507]

Iranian people clearly shouting that they do not want islamic bloodthirsty regime in Iran.

[@mariafernandacarp1990]

What a culture, what a fine people, what a horrible politicians! People of Iran, what a bad luck!!!!

[@victorbaptista8390]

I don't understand how we in the greatest democracy, America, feel entitled to vote in other countries. This has to be our colonialist, slavery entitlement mind set.

[@Don.Challenger]

This is an example why Iran should modernize its thinking they don't wish to continuing the current unraveling through opaque chilling mists of the ancient times.

[@tabithan2978]

The people of Iran are secretly celebrating today! 🎉

[@chrism5433]

Freedom and peace in Iran ❤️

[@MidnightWarrior1976]

Times: This is the second time in a week you have had terrible audio. FIX IT!

[@ECECECECEC]

Utter incompetence? They’ve got nothing on the tories.

[@nifralo2752]

Raisi really put the dull in dullband. Dullband means turban in Persian

[@coacoa289]

I hope the Beautiful people of IRAN can free themselves from the oppressive regime..😊

[@garyK.45ACP]

Let's hope you're right.

[@jaymuise6924]

RIP helicopter...wish they signed up for the extended warranty..

[@jeffreyweaver9854]

Who is on the Iranian Guardian Council?

[@chilesauce7248]

I hope the #Persian people can be free from the oppression of the #Iranian regime.

[@shouston8879]

Volume is very low.

[@cwhouse328]

Sanctions worked out better than expected 😂