How world leaders react to Iran's Raisi's death | DW News

Iranian state media are reporting that a 'technical failure' caused the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister. It happened Sunday in a remote region near the border with Azerbaijan.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed an interim president who must hold elections within the next 50 days. He's also ordered five days of national mourning. Raisi's death has prompted mixed reactions from governments and world leaders. What does his sudden death mean for the regime?
00:00 Background & international reactions
04:01 Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Center for Middle east and Global Order
07:52 Kamran Matin, University of Sussex
12:35 Maziar Bahari, Journalist
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[@jlmapa]

The only crash in history where everyone is worried if someone survived.

[@tayyabkhan2228]

Everyone meaning American and their European minions?

[@Thomasjohn1490]

why? that is not cool

[@robertpresha9504]

😅😅

[@aquilamccann6096]

Have some respect

[@asrafamani5028]

All live matter even your semen

[@MrShnazer]

The Iran people are celebrating

[@aquilamccann6096]

Shame on you!

[@dein3086]

@@aquilamccann6096 No, shame on YOU. Keep crying 😆

[@XiWinnie69]

​@@aquilamccann6096 Womp womp

[@MendeMaria-ej8bf]

Some mourn, some celebrate, but does the loss of a president change the system?

[@Alhilohe6336]

​@@aquilamccann6096*Allah's will provide President with special 72 virgins and he will be seating next to Muhammed, worry not*

[@bivvystridents3752]

No tears shed.

[@user-FUCKYOU18]

RIP

[@moclips409]

Your from Israël , ? Hahahhw😂😂😂

[@AishaAi29]

But I am crying, I am from Pakistan

[@mujahidhasan118]

wtf 😒😒 bro you don't even how popular he is, we literally prayed for him in our mosques. so many came l.

[@temsulongkumer8052]

​@@mujahidhasan118 That means your Allah does not exist..You are worshipping a dead Allah...

[@T0mF0rd]

God is good

[@iliacyrus1401]

i doupt that bro

[@artseger6891]

God.....and ONLY God is good.

[@dians1273]

God doesn't want human to die it's only davil

[@T0mF0rd]

@@dians1273 but hasn’t God enabled people like moses to defeat their enemies? Maybe God doesn’t want but God has to allow people to kill other people?

[@queenslander7756]

You can judge people by the company they keep!

[@windkind64]

that is to find in : John 7:51 “Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”

[@afvet5075]

Whoever told him he should go to Azerbaijan for the dedication, thank you. Thank you so much.

[@jf1573]

I heard it was the Mossad agent *Eli Kopter* who also tragically died during this operation. RIP!

[@DS-jf8mz]

@@jf1573 I heard that he managed to jump off ✌

[@Anashadk]

"leaders" say what they are paid to say, not what they think.

[@kabir1934]

Lol who will pay them, they are fucin leaders of a country.

[@sharokha.h.6774]

Journalist and analysts in Mainstream say what they are paid to say.

[@MORE_BEANS_PLZ]

​@@sharokha.h.6774 your beloved supreme leader is rotting in a grave in pieces cry about it

[@edyk6291]

The World lost nothing that day

[@AishaAi29]

But a leader of one nation and the villain of the other

[@tashrifmahmudraiyan4119]

After all we have lost our great leader

[@mehdimurtaxa9986]

Yeah we lost our leader..but u lost nothing cause it's non of your business

[@Leo-20067]

Because your leader Nitinyahoo still exists and doing his job to kill innocents. You have leader.

[@josephbastian8893]

​@@AishaAi29butcher?

[@fr2ncm9]

My deepest condolences go out to the mountain that was so terribly defiled by their presence.

[@sendryuti596]

Me too

[@olaade1847]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MM-tw7pu]

Could be that the air you are breathing and the water you are drinking are defiled by you.

[@stanleyjamingejoy1709]

Mahsa Amini,not wearing hijab,brutally tortured to death...insane Raisi...

[@MECHAUTOMANSPARES]

Turning men woman and making them pregnant. That's totally insane

[@majortom6560]

They are "CELEBRATING" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 They blame "ELI KOPTER"

[@mihiec]

😂

[@lancecahill5486]

Rumor is swirling around that Mt. Kopter was a Mossad agent. 😀😀

[@shanelongest9326]

Man they are goofy

[@EarthlyFacts101]

You stole these Arabs oil and made ELIKOPTER. Everything is written on history

[@mostafar8514]

we are not celebrating, we are mourning

[@user-bt1qf9de8y]

Our deepest condolences to the helicopter.

[@ashovav13]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GSXK4]

Everyone I talked with was so distraught over that helicopter- R.I.P. Little helicopter. You, to Mr. Mountainside.

[@user-dj9hi7zb8p]

😂😂😂😂

[@faafetainunu2579]

This man is extremely surprised to open his eyes on the other side facing the true God the creature of heaven and earth. Facing eternal death.

[@bukenyafz4]

Just like all of us will do. He was lucky he reached that age. We may not reach it

[@am-issah]

is that more than the lives America and Israel are currently taking in Palestine?

[@Astro_War]

Nobody is mourning. Literally nobody.

[@user-FUCKYOU18]

😂😂😂😂in your wet dream

[@brendangwira7998]

not true

[@Miladpersia88]

He is the most impopulair president of Iran due to killing thousands. People in Iran danced and used fireworks to celebrate.

[@Astro_War]

@M-qg7uk Words only. Nobody is sorry.

[@cliffshavage9534]

Nobody in the west I repeat the west the rest of the world is more human

[@bernardkafundajr2195]

The Foreign Minister 😢 he was like a villain in a movie😢

[@mdhyder4337]

Like Blinken 😂😂😂😂

[@angrybird1402]

How many protester for Mahsa Amini death in custody did he kiled?

[@dorothybowen7352]

Thousands

[@AishaAi29]

​@@dorothybowen7352with your near and dear ones😅

[@bravewarrior1218]

Ebrahim Raisi's legacy as Iran's president was marred by his involvement in human rights abuses and a brutal crackdown on dissent. As a hardline cleric, he oversaw a severe tightening of morality laws and the violent suppression of anti-government protests during his tenure. One of the most tragic incidents under Raisi's watch was the killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating strict hijab rules. Amini died in custody under suspicious circumstances, sparking nationwide protests that were met with a deadly crackdown by security forces. Raisi defended the actions of the morality police and refused to hold them accountable for Amini's death, further fueling public outrage. Raisi had a long history of human rights violations even before becoming president. He was a member of the "Death Commission" that ordered the extrajudicial executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988, earning him the moniker "the Butcher of Tehran." His presidency was marked by a continuation of this hardline approach, with widespread arrests, torture, and executions of dissidents and minority groups. Despite international condemnation, Raisi remained defiant and doubled down on his repressive policies, further isolating Iran on the global stage. His legacy is one of brutality, oppression, and a disregard for human rights and civil liberties, leaving a dark stain on Iran's history.

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

He was just a puppet in Khamenei's hands.

[@windkind64]

John 7:51 ...“Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

@@windkind64 1 Peter 2:13-14: "Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right."

[@edwardkantowicz4707]

Pure evil; same as Khamenei.

[@bravewarrior1218]

@@edwardkantowicz4707 Mojtaba Khamenei,son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead Iran in future.

[@Jimbob851]

Russia will allow people to lay flowers for the president of a terrorist state but when they laid flower for Alexei Navalny they got arrested….Jokers….🤣🤣🤣

[@tak6455]

Nah..US n Israel the biggest terrorist state.

[@user-ui7gf4os2q]

для нас навальный предатель изменник родины из его похорон хотели сделать типа акции

[@aquilamccann6096]

Shame on you. Have some respect!

[@mrblurblur2003]

The whole world is a joke more so in the western world and Nato.

[@EarthlyFacts101]

Like your govt chose to fund the xenocide

[@TreasaVeigas-qq5jm]

This is what our life on earth is all about. One day all humans must meet the good God. This is only a temporary place for all humans. Let us learn to live in peace and unity.

[@martinawrensch6527]

❤

[@schuku9912]

….and this is an unequaled and indisputable truth!!!

[@cyberfunk3793]

@@schuku9912 indisputable? There is no proof of afterlife.

[@brucebaker8844]

Nope. This is it I’m afraid, learn to make the most of it. To plan for afterwards is wasting the gift of life. And you should be punished for the waste of life or even taking others life. But you will face no punishment after death. That’s like telling children to be good or they wouldn’t get a Christmas present. All bribery and lies to get control of your behaviour and even thoughts.

[@AishaAi29]

​@@cyberfunk3793atheist

[@abc_cba]

Our Indian D1ctator Modi posted remorseful with one day of sadness and putting our Indian flags at half post in honor of another d1ctator who punished kids for mere street protests and demonstrations. Putin, Modi, King Jon Ung, Xi Jinping all would be sad to lose a fellow d1ctator.

[@quranaasmanifakekitabhai5734]

Today Iranians woman are very happy they are celebrating and dancing on the road 💃

[@nyaghosaimawashimbeshe8459]

For what happens to walk necked?

[@Kittybarcode]

Why because they want to march the street naked ? That’s very low mentality to have

[@usual-suspect]

He is also enjoying himself with 72 raisins.

[@learninsimplestway5819]

Dancing and celebrating just want to embrace west slave ness.?

[@nobbynobbs8182]

@@Kittybarcode my dog is smarter than you and that's not saying much

[@alexphilipiah2452]

God is supernatural ♥️ and he works in mysterious ways beyond our knowledge and imagination. We all know almighty lord Jesus love his holy land of Jerusalem ❤️ Amen 🙏 🙌 Praise the lord 🙏 ❤️

[@user-hn3ve5bu4o]

Hope the helicopter wasn't badly damaged, and the poor mountain

[@andykris7011]

Devils advocate devils fighting for power.

[@bruceplenderleith838]

how is there a country with a "supreme leader"?

[@MendeMaria-ej8bf]

Thank you for the various interviews. ❤

[@KrisR-ll2xe]

2:31 FREEDOM Iranian people ✊😎🎉🙌

[@maxpower7130]

How is this important news ??!!! Iran's real ruler is the Ayatolla. It's been like that since 1979. This guy had the same power as the janitor.

[@kmhussn3775]

westerns dont understand

[@rrajan5476]

@@kmhussn3775 What else, ? atleast janitors can poison or push the old man down the stairs. This guy cant!

[@michaeleyong4312]

He is resting in hell for all the blood he has shed

[@Goyim-phobic]

Yet Bush who killed 1 million Iraqis is sitting in the land of the "free" and giving lectures of how evil Russia is evil to Ukraine

[@sugaseansean]

you know nothing about him, american presidents are responsible for millions of deaths in middle east and central and south america and other parts of the world... we all know who the bad guys are

[@dulcemoutinho5820]

He will not enjoy the 72 virgins in heaven 😂

[@zollen123]

He is now with Allah. He must have a lot of explaining to do.

[@badasserien8518]

Who is the one doing the explaining?

[@trialbalancedoh5510]

He died, not killed.

[@godofhammers6975]

The crash killed him, therefore he got killed. I believe you’re mistaking with the word “murdered”.

[@Tiasung]

You seem to not know what the word ''killed'' means.. Killed means ''death by something''. That can be anything. Including death from a crash.

[@marzooksheriff8317]

True

[@thinking-monkey]

Yeah, well. "He died in a car accident" and "He was killed in a car accident" is the exact same thing. Is English your primary language?

[@alpddar2518]

Lol like they didnt imply involvement. Yea sure, they meant killed by the crash instead of died in accident.

[@tsuksacor2608]

God do in his mysterious ways...god is good all the time...and he JUST to those who is righteous...and punish those who are evil.

[@wt1902]

I am surprised about this person who used all means to kill his settlers and sent thousands of missiles to destroy an entire country that was not hostile to him. Is there any need to be sad for him?! It is written: “to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men."

[@arithmetikmilitantpoetry9548]

He wasnt based haha 😂

[@jodijaanify]

really, then whats your openion about US, UK ?? who has been sending weapons to isnoreal to unalive civilians? who did iraq, afghanistan, libya, bosnia??? As a human, i laugh at you. your hypocrisy is obvious as day light.

[@sunrise1975italia]

All your info is from wrong sources Jodi

[@rzjustice1994]

​​they are not hostile? You can educate yourself on why Iran&Isreal once a friend now enemy see political history of Iran&Isreal

[@3x157]

I'm not Iranian and I'm happy the families who suffered under the Rais, who now have justice. Now Iran needs to get the supreme leader out.

[@Kittybarcode]

You are most clueless

[@sendryuti596]

Yes..please stand up

[@healthsuggestions68]

​@@Kittybarcode they have never been to Iran but they justvopen their bog mouth. Hipocrasy

[@marzooksheriff8317]

Fon

[@bonaku20]

@@Kittybarcode Why do you say that ? Just out of curiosity. I have many Iranian friends... they really don't like this ruling regime ... They have given their reasons (In general, they gave example of how brutal regime is with some first hand experience and some generic examples) and I am curios about your side of view.

[@deanibrahimagic227]

I don't understand the tears; he's just gone to a better place, right? God bless Israel and its great people!

[@sonyashas9347]

There are about 5% about 4 million beneficiaries who are the staunch followers of this regime otherwise majority of Iranian are celebrating and know Raisi as butcher of Tehran.

[@Mychannel-po4jy]

All Iranian people happy including me ,this shi t had kill. ed many people during his life

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

On Khamenei's orders.

[@AishaAi29]

Nonsense man you don't know what you have lost

[@Grimm-UGA]

​@@AishaAi29if he's Iranian I'm pretty sure he's aware. Nice of you to try and brainwash him though 😂🤷‍♂️

[@AishaAi29]

@@Grimm-UGA 😅 then if he is not Iranian and he is commenting just as he is Iranian to show the world in his envy, Their is no proof that Iranians are celebrating but you can see they are in grief in the whole country!

[@858Markus]

The pilot: Mr. President, the weather is unsuitable to fly and the trip is very risky. Raisi: No Alah will protect us. Alah: What an id... Kaboom!

[@CreativeB34ST]

As a European I'm dissapointed in the statement Charles Michelle brought out.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

President Kim Jun Un: "He was the most dedicated mass murderer I ever met! He was an inspiration to me!"

[@pierredostiedetabernacle3506]

On the Auspicious day of the funeral of her tormentor let's have a thought for the most beloved Masha Amini.

[@JohnDoe-iq9bz]

I find it awkward that the EU sent its condolences🤔 Hasn't the EU imposed sanctions on Iran? Weird...

[@willdon.1279]

It's just protocol for all leaders, but agreed, was not merited.

[@CristianmediceCosta-lg7ce]

STAY CALM GOD BLESS IRAN AND THE IRANIANS PEOPLE 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷💐💐💐🇮🇷☪️☪️☪️❤️❤️❤️❤️💪🏽💐💪🏽🇮🇷💐💪🏽☪️☪️🇮🇷

[@elvissiyamba9975]

Why are they ruling out the possibility of his own people assassinating him?

[@alpddar2518]

You mean Israel proxies?

[@danyleon4870]

That will invite unrest and possibly civil war. RIP. Man, its a bad year for helicopters.

[@Jase9]

Right! I doubt it was an accident, either Mossad or his own people made sure that Helicopter crashed!

[@judyogayan1550]

The pilots may have decided deliberately to die with them 11:54

[@GuerreroRocky]

another one bites the dust

[@teddyraffudeen7056]

And another one bites the dust.

[@LutherS2186]

Why Western countries are expressing their condolences to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who had been instrumental in the hardline imprisonment and deaths of thousands of Iranian opposition groups, is beyond comprehension and can only mean as total hyprocrisy.

[@maryamcurtis]

There are those in the west that understand that Babylon has risen, again. Democracy is not all it is cut out to be... Not enough to be glorified as it is. It nearly eliminates most to all moral conduct. I send my condolences to them and their families.

[@Rick-qf5de]

Report: the pilot was screaming , oh Jesus were going down.... !!!

[@DOWNUNDER.]

He will be remembered as being a well grounded man

[@elementary101Music]

Why do people cry for him! I mean they all believe you go to paradise. were 12 girls are waiting

[@bivvystridents3752]

Shush, you lousy bot.

[@l.t.3587]

Your sense of humor is supreme, hope readers will understand it 😂

[@The.new.gandhi]

Do you mean as a terrorist?

[@sudhakar7889]

​@@elementary101Music it's 72

[@byron8657]

98% of Iranians are celebrating both from abroad and local residents k! Reality 101% k

[@protagonist9716]

Absolute nonsense

[@AishaAi29]

The man commenting up to you he is saying 95 percent and the other one I have seen saying 50 percent and you are saying 98 percent 😅😅😅😅 hahaha

[@Grimm-UGA]

​@@AishaAi29this got you hurt doesn't it? That all the Iranians are happy this dictator died? 😂😂😂 who are you to tell them how to think.

[@wentzelcoetzer9869]

It's seems we live in a world where good is evil and evil is good.

[@danyleon4870]

2.10. Can anybody tell me the name of the condiment?.

[@Ernesto_Che_Guevarra]

Iranians are celebrating..

[@Kuehnpiano]

Gotta watch out for those mountains.They sneak up on you!

[@user-uq9xj3cm4y]

May he rest in peace inshallah

[@fleurstarable]

Condolences to the Iranian people🕊

[@user-ne8vl2uh8g]

Amen 🙏🙌❤

[@user-lw6cn8wg4s]

He who wrestles with Isreal, not Netanyahu, wrestles with God has just be confirmed. They deared God. This is the 2nd sign, 1st was the Turkish man that collapsed and died, during his provocative words against Isreal at the UN General meeting 5 months ago, dear people its not coincidence, it was written.

[@TuNde-bu8cs]

Amen.

[@Abornazine]

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

[@VivaCristoRey333]

Galatians 6:7 "A man reaps what he sows." 💓💓👏👏💓💓👏👏💓💓👏👏💓💓 "Raisi was MASS MURDERER" 💓💓👏👏💓💓👏👏💓💓👏👏💓💓

[@edwardkantowicz4707]

....and to think it was all done in service to a false prophet's teachings, and a death-cult religion.

[@sirpeasantstu1444]

All the goats are celebrating

[@rizalitosurigao6647]

God is good, God is great

[@zubikhan3290]

Dw said he was killed. in helicopter crushed

[@malebolebolegodi6123]

Maybe DW is trying to SNITCH...

[@sonamdorji5124]

“He was killed on a helicopter crash on Sunday” ……..

[@luismontalvo6249]

We dont want to see people die but let God be the judge

[@Lee-pv5vz]

You stand against Israel stand against God

[@alpddar2518]

Stay delusional and join your God.

[@PatriotOfPersia]

IQ 10

[@lindokuhlehlatshwayo9215]

We're living amongst psychopaths in this world

[@stevetobe4494]

You are correct.

[@CoeurDamourCherie]

There is no god. But if you‘re pro Hamas and Anti-Israel, you‘re against humanity.

[@Noneofyourbusinessaccount]

That’s what I am talking about! Crocodile tears for the dear leader! Now they can compete with North Korea, who cries louder.

[@sharonHossan3887]

I am not a fan of him ,but I was touched by the accident.

[@davidjma7226]

No days of mourning announced in any GCC country. Rafsanjani got three days. Iran is getting a message from its close neighbours.

[@lebohang8405]

Where are celebrations in Iran?

[@Kawaii652]

Away from state TV in private else they would be jailed

[@ynotcougar]

When I saw the Mountain and Iran said it was a "Hard Landing" I knew he was dead, there is no way he is waddling his old, tired ass down that Mountain with a Helicopter up his ass.........

[@Kawaii652]

Iran media said he stayed alive for 9 hours

[@rrajan5476]

@@Kawaii652 And wanted to walk to a better country?

[@Kawaii652]

@@rrajan5476 the country is beautiful he was part of the problem there

[@usmanhashim]

May he Seoul rest in peace

[@Jake-kh1bz]

Its Sad.......

[@CupContender]

The smell of this news room must be intense

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

You mean Deutche Woke channel?

[@PartisanGamerDE]

​@@rettenthetetlen8759 "eVeRyThInG i DoN't LiKe Is WoKe!" 🤡

[@blakeley38]

Kinda like what happened to Yevgeny Prigozhin

[@Spy-hp8ki]

Believe me, NOTHING shall change.

[@waragunannadarajah1808]

Sad to hear...

[@321findus]

Oh no. Anyways, I just ate a chicken and vegetable stir fry with rice

[@IndoAryanKang]

Yawn

[@OutsidersRo]

😂😂😂👌👍

[@Azrael442]

RIP💚

[@temasek65]

They forgot the blood in the hands of Netanyahu, Bush, Blair etc.

[@user-nx4kc8nq2l]

great analyze

[@livetime4642]

The Bible says “a man shall die once & face judgement” death is something we all shall face be true in this life for the next one isn’t promised 😢

[@user-qu3ru2xv3o]

Iranian people are celebrating 🎉

[@against_occupation]

Mathew Miller, Raisi was a far better human compared to any of you.

[@Trevysn2415]

the American ppl don’t offer any condolences to Iran and many are angry at this administration for even saying it does

[@edwinodus]

I can't believe choppers are still flying blind after Kobe Bryant's crash

[@felixroyan6615]

What happened to his soul? Is hé in thé éternel happiness above or in thé eternal fire below?

[@fr2ncm9]

The latter. God doesn't reward butchers.

[@ronaldbercilla1993]

Neither of the two, he just return to dust.

[@listenkaren8222]

Hard to see hurt in a mans face like that.

[@shahisthabanu292]

They are acting like evil came back Shame on people enjoying like this for freedom What kind of freedom They want freedom

[@habilu135]

My condolences to the family and the people of Iran.😭😭😭

[@donbrereton6347]

I hope you actually live there

[@loofbiff1559]

rip bozo

[@wooterrackz2699]

They say he's brutal but his people loved em 🤔

[@donbrereton6347]

yes, the brutal people

[@havillah6073]

What record does the US has to judge Iranian president even in his death.

[@NagatoroTho]

A record better than that of Islam :)

[@muhammadjahangir4225]

Inna Lillahi wa Inna illahi Rajioon 🤲 🇧🇩 🇮🇷

[@user-cc4ii7rd4s]

innalillahi wainna ilaihi raji un oh Allah

[@JovicaNedeljkovic-nf2ur]

If Raisi had blood on his hands for US politicians? How is it possible that Netanyahu does not have it? US politics has really gone beyond all senselessness.

[@mirembewinfred5353]

We all don't know . One road matter who you are.

[@Rastin-bi5yj]

"Ali Fatholah-Nejad" isn't Iranian. Iranians don't spell his name like that but Fatolahnejad.

[@theronharris6961]

I don't understand the middleast, but I feel sorry for the people who are grieving the loss of President Raisi!!! 🇺🇲😊💯

[@BGK531]

Very sad really to die in this way condolences to his family and Iranian people.

[@AdaZurpia]

I was dancinG all night like IT was new year eve HORRRROOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@navblack6671]

No radio call from the helicopter pilot a crash impact leave helicopter in pieces looks like a drone attack on the helicopter

[@ksafan838]

India is double faced.