Iran's President Raisi confirmed dead in helicopter crash | DW News

Iranian state media say President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and several others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash.
Teams searched for hours in bad weather, and the wreckage was eventually found in the mountains in Iran's East Azerbaijan region. Officials say the aircraft crashed into a mountain peak.
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00:34 Analysis from Niloofar Ghoolami of DW's Persian Service
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#Iran #Raisi #Crash

[@RolanRoyce]

Condolences to the pilot's family.

[@oluwaseun3771]

The pilot 😢😢

[@Siranoxz]

@@oluwaseun3771 May he rest in peace.

[@EuropeanMind2024]

He has no peace where he is now

[@kinngrimm]

mmm, are we sure that there aren't 70 virgins waiting for him?

[@timdane6132]

😂

[@astandwithukraine3510]

Hope the mountain is okay. Condolences to the helicopter.

[@jhrq747]

😂😂😂😂

[@andzejorlovskij3889]

Ты ещё живой?

[@user-ku4vh2zk6e]

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

[@NK-ht7tx]

What crimes? Americas?

[@Misses-Hippy]

@@NK-ht7tx Crimes against women at the very least.

[@Adi_SH_007]

​@@NK-ht7tx Sorry we forgot that women oppression is not a crime in islam. Right?

[@galaxymyt4834]

It's little of his guilty​@@Misses-Hippy

[@KasimAnafo-re7wu]

Okay u mean netanyahu

[@spotonnls3538]

He was called butcher of Tehran when he was the general prosecutor. He sent countless young people to gallows...

[@ahmedrizwan7847]

Hi, can you provide more context?

[@spotonnls3538]

@@ahmedrizwan7847 why don't you just search it in google ?

[@judienabo1914]

Prayers for the pilot family

[@Spitfiresammons]

Female Iranians: Justice is done

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

After Saddam, Gaddafi, many Iran Generals, Arafat, Iranian President and who will be killed by the USA next?

[@durgaprasad32154]

Every human life has value and deserves dignity, even in death. Let's promote empathy extending sympathies to his family.😢

[@jefo2405]

Nothing is going to change. I could even imagine that things get worse.

[@MsNextgeneration12]

What about all the lives he took. Didn't they have value.😉​@@durgaprasad32154

[@craigsips8677]

@@jefo2405 The way you westernise a country is by trading with them and treating them with respect.

[@gnanamselliah3770]

He was not the most popular man in Iran . He killed thousands of Iranians who protested against the government. He was called the Butcher of Iran . What goes around, comes around and surely it did .!!!

[@MatveyGordeev663]

Он был мясником только в западной пропаганде

[@DaddyFurious]

@@MatveyGordeev663 You are not even Iranian, so keep your mouth shut if you don't know anything. He executed a lot of people back in the 80's and also in the recent protests.

[@abizmal3142]

​@@DaddyFuriousyou Iranian?

[@saminaligolizadeh5748]

Well said 👏I'm irainian and this is correct bc Abrahim raisi is the whole reason why mahsa amini is dead here is the story so mahsa was 22 at the time and she was going to her brothers house and a cop Saw that she is wearing her hijab wrong so she the got took to get killed

[@cacaulaymulkin7724]

Yeah right they call the leader of their country as "the butcher" you smoking too many Marvel movies and Copium

[@dustinlange9759]

"We start with breaking news..." Don't you mean "We start with good news."?

[@craigsips8677]

All we know about that guy is that he was elected in 2021. Everything else is fed to you by a government that serves a different people.

[@user-hd3pc6pn3g]

I think the helicopter broke.

[@awdobsession717]

@@user-hd3pc6pn3gthat’s what they want you to think… blame it on the fog.

[@user-hd3pc6pn3g]

@@awdobsession717 When it comes to helicopter fatalities, human stupidity is the biggest factor. Lots of examples worldwide.

[@emillyyelen5169]

breaking news can be good or bad...

[@primal1233]

Oh no this is awful...now back to our daily lives

[@puyinpuyin4945]

Yup life must go on

[@ManuelBasiri]

😆

[@Malam638]

😆

[@rollenrollen3819]

Yes

[@Username-ze1ux]

🤣😂😆

[@rocksmo3384]

He might not have been the most powerful member of the Teheran regime but its still a reason to celebrate for the Iranian people.

[@craigsips8677]

They just elected that guy in 21’. Is your Prime minister or the several before that elected by the populace? And if you’re a yank I can ask the same about your current president.

[@durgaprasad32154]

It's striking that many are celebrating his death instead of offering condolences. Every human life has value.

[@notarealperson9709]

@@craigsips8677 election... that's rich. about as legit at putin's election

[@MsNextgeneration12]

​@@durgaprasad32154Allah took him out so not him apparently

[@rocksmo3384]

@@durgaprasad32154 This man was called the butcher for a very good reason. If you want to mourn him, thats your choice but most ppl are happy that he can no longer commit horrible crimes.

[@randiznannz-pc3yt]

This is a reminder and lesson that no one is immortal. In whatever you do in life always bear this in your mind.

[@Non-Serviam300]

Duhhhhhhh

[@user-kh7kk3ww3c]

Given his human rights record what's the big deal?

[@Spiritlife01]

I guess because there doesn't seem to be much justice left. The bad actors always get away with their inhumanity. Perhaps we'll see them all held accountable one day. This is a start.

[@user-ds2ej3wn8p]

Mossad got him

[@user-kh7kk3ww3c]

@@user-ds2ej3wn8p nah he's on a special eternal mission

[@Secular_Iran_GE]

We Iranians are happy after hearing this,God is with us !

[@senianns9522]

The Will of Allah'!

[@komododragon410]

What God fool?

[@Mohammadreza_Mozafarinia21]

You are not the voice of all Iranians. May his soul and other martyrs rest in peace.

[@user-gs3ro4dq8y]

@@Mohammadreza_Mozafarinia21neither are you.

[@schloops8473]

@@Mohammadreza_Mozafarinia21 oh but he is. The criminal kleptocratic terrorist regime is hated even more inside Persia

[@Zwadia_]

Ohh god what a tragedy for the pilots Family. May the pilots soul rest in peace 🙏

[@dhl2149]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nvraman]

i agree, the regime may even blame him even after doing his job sincerely.

[@ScientificMind71]

Even the God can't avoid collateral damages.

[@edan513]

For those that don't know, raisi was at one point the head of the unit in charge of the morality police who beat women in the street for not wearing a head scarf.

[@jkc3640]

he also ordered execution of people who fought the Iranian war in 1979...., back in 1988.... it was all "politically motivated" to execute the political prisoners as he was afraid someone would lead the opposition against him. effectively sending thousands to their demise only for him to hold onto power as he was afraid one would rise against him

[@jkc3640]

He was The Butcher of Tehran for a reason

[@lesliespeaker668]

The prayers of the Iranian people have been answered. God made their wish come true.

[@pat.l.h.2730]

An evil man is gone.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@pat.l.h.2730 After Saddam, Gaddafi, many Iran Generals, Arafat, Iranian President and who will be killed by the USA next?

[@nskiriti2884]

Which God? Rather whose god?

[@Gipfeltreffen-iw1qe]

Und warum gibt es für uns Deutsche keine Gerechtigkeit?

[@carrerau7138]

@@Gipfeltreffen-iw1qe Du meinst, die Deutschen hätten nach 1945 bestraft werden müssen?

[@gr83172]

No-one is crying.

[@carrerau7138]

Natzis world-wide are mourning!

[@user-bh9xm8zh9x]

Majority of Iranians was so happy rather than sad...

[@NASREENABegum-eo8wl]

its western coutries allies

[@JohnnyMacaw]

HAHAHAHAHA hes finding out there's no 72 virgins where's he at LOL

[@user-kl9rh3ng8p]

lol

[@getcake8680]

Maybe deamons are virgins?

[@amnanabi3709]

Hahahaha .. as If you have been to other side . Did you resurrect 🎉

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Ayatollah lost a high ranking beard

[@EdRonion]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SylviadRohy0037]

The blood of people is in his hands

[@paulaalabre2870]

Natural justice

[@obedalemawor4599]

Greetings to Aisha's family in IRAN . The bullying must stop in Iran now.

[@arshadameen9523]

Waiting for justice to Palestinian people

[@wolfswinkel8906]

This is not how it ends, rather this is how it escalates.

[@user-hd3pc6pn3g]

@@arshadameen9523 Do not fret too much. Israel is taking care of the justice.

[@englishacademy1609]

What about palastanians?? No justice for them??

[@danasudhir7300]

Justice is being happening at present​@@arshadameen9523

[@vincentdevos8982]

Could not have happened to a 'nicer ' man ! May all those trees recover and grew stronger .

[@michaelmartin4366]

Guess there is a God. He was a very evil man.

[@Existence-zy4gb]

Numbers 24:9 The nation is like a mighty lion; When it is sleeping, no one dares wake it. Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed, And whoever curses Israel will be cursed

[@hloniphanintombela3118]

Only Jesus was known to be Holy, and with no sin, you as you speaking are not perfect nor holy.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@Existence-zy4gb After Saddam, Gaddafi, many Iran Generals, Arafat, Iranian President and who will be killed by the USA next?

[@shannonbertram5513]

Evil??? What israels leader then

[@NK-ht7tx]

Are you his cousin?

[@zm5513]

The people need to rise up now and take back their freedom in Iran

[@CuratedScienceAI]

God will not be mocked

[@Maryjanelovesgreen]

Karma is a butch..

[@billbonu1639]

You can run but you can't hide

[@alirezarostami5548]

Even running is not possible, when the time of a man is over, submission is the only choice!!

[@TheCrimsonS4ge]

First Soleimani, now Raisi, does the Supreme Leader even have any successors left at this point?

[@samueltan767]

Free free iran

[@sam12ha63]

The son of the supreme leader which is very unpopular and less known.

[@georgesikimeti2184]

More worry about the timeframe on earth of the ayatollah,not if but when,wolves are now approaching the gate!!!!

[@GirirajGupta-gy1wt]

​@@sam12ha63I mean you can't put anyone in power like that. He is inexperienced and probably won't even last a week

[@user-lvqk2wdp8sjn]

Lots of Punjabis in Iran to choose from.

[@ScientificMind71]

He proclaimed numerous death sentences in the name of God. Is it a divine Justice descended upon him?

[@selmahare]

Also known as karma. You always get yours, be it in this life or the next, or both. In this case both.

[@aem8129]

Time to stand up women✊ Time to change your life and country NOW ✌️🇩🇰

[@NK-ht7tx]

You are not even Iranian 🤣😂

[@DownUnderDigitals]

@@NK-ht7tx So what? 🤡

[@aj-ye8qd]

​@@NK-ht7txNeither are you

[@MonsterHummerH3-zx1no]

BS.

[@DownUnderDigitals]

@@MonsterHummerH3-zx1no Iranian women have bigger 'balls' than you ever will.

[@carrerau7138]

Poor helicopter! 😢

[@stpetersburg]

best comment

[@clearasmudyeah6083]

ELI KOPTER

[@NK-ht7tx]

BORING. Childish as ever.

[@NK-ht7tx]

And of course you will have the critters from some self proclaimed state by a bunch of homeless people who were kicked out of the west, commenting for support 🤣😂: @clearasmudyeah6083

[@vincentkosgei7166]

Soleiman:hey,you are here too😂 Raisi:yep,i enrolled some hours ago

[@MsNextgeneration12]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@folarininoluwa8901]

Condolences to the pilot family

[@tiltMOD]

I’m in Iran and let me tell you, not only we are reaching summer and the weather is cool and rainy, but today we get this news 😂 It’s a good day 🎉

[@englishacademy1609]

Inna lillahi oa Inna ilai razion

[@englishacademy1609]

It's very pathetic news . We will always pray for raisi. He was a good mannered person. He was the only man who stood for humanity. For palastanians

[@EuropeanMind2024]

​@@englishacademy1609allah can't help you, only Jesus Christ and His Father can! Dont you see?

[@carrerau7138]

@@englishacademy1609 He was a butcher. No wonder he was liked by Palis.

[@peterjones4286]

@@englishacademy1609 and now he has much in common with the 35000...hes just a rotting corpse

[@RockDeer-Island]

Condolences from Indonesia of the South East Asia for poor mountain and grass

[@ScientificMind71]

Condolences for all the people hanged since the Iranian revolution.

[@sjpavur]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the loss of the poor helicopter.

[@movienutcracker9756]

This reminds me of that Turkish politician who was cursing Israel on stage and had a massive heart attack during his speech. He died a few days later.

[@res307]

Yes

[@gugulethukheswa4605]

Touch not the anointed ones

[@JenepherDEEPLAL]

Yes, never mess with Yahweh and His people.

[@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694]

​@@gugulethukheswa4605uyagula wena who's anointed?? Ma ukhuluma ngo Satanyahu then awazi lutho

[@MarsWrestlingKingdom]

Death Note 📝 Book from Death Note anime 😮

[@dailydoseonviralvideos201]

Now i wait PUTIN, XI JINPIN and KIM JONG UN..

[@deccatraveler]

@@jcldctt Biden, Rishi Sunak, and others.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

After Saddam, Gaddafi, many Iran Generals, Arafat, Iranian President and who will be killed by the USA next?

[@wejdanbanisaeed]

منتظر خودت چطور؟🤔

[@user_xsr]

Byeden, khomeini, klaus, gates

[@kamsunleong6648]

Bush Jr, Obama, Hilary C, Cheney. Never forget Iraq WMD and Libya.

[@user-vh6bs3jh7h]

This is an opportune time for all Iranians to rise up against evil and turn it into peace and love🙏

[@NK-ht7tx]

Peace and love? Like Israel right?

[@EvelynKeryao]

Nice to live a peaceful life with God.

[@jhingoorpatima237]

The iranians are not fool they don't want to become another irak libya afghanistan !!!

[@jonp9654]

People are waiting for the Supreme leader to take the same chopper, and enjoy the flight. 😅

[@AlgoNudger]

Was Raisi a Boeing whistleblower? 🙄

[@SpecialMuppetOperation]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Maplelust]

condolences to the helicopter and burned soil. 🙏

[@alwaysdecember9758]

I hope he did not die a swift death.

[@NK-ht7tx]

If you wish it upon someone else, it will come back to you. Let me know how your end is, when it comes…

[@Misses-Hippy]

@@NK-ht7tx Silly person.

[@Ivan_Ns]

​@@NK-ht7tx There is truth to that..... The Iranian PM and foreign minister said israel will have hard times ahead and then that happened...

[@LucyO-jl1cw]

@@NK-ht7tx he wasn't a saint. He was evil. The butcher of Teheran . He was and now is no more.

[@Hero-of-serbs-all-jasonovac]

@@NK-ht7txeveryone will die but you can see why this person died and every one celebrating 🥳 true evil even Sheytan will not accept him 😂

[@lut8167]

Finally, Justice for Mahsa Amini

[@lucasjames7524]

Thoughts & Prayers for the vegetation and any wildlife which were killed by the helicopter crash.

[@jim2376]

My condolences to the helicopter.

[@zimuzoonyia1687]

Raisi thinks that Kim jong-un who travels on an armored train is dumb…

[@DishaPanwar-bo5hu]

Justice have been served

[@africasquad1060]

mahsa amini will now rest in peace

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

LOL after Raisi stopped selling his drones to Russia, the demonstration and Western news about Mahsa stopped suddenly. High value of USD is enough to pay its puppets everywhere.

[@galaxymyt4834]

Yiu think just mahsa he kills a lots of men too

[@rabinmalla13]

Fearful end of the evil...

[@bauer9101]

Oh no…Anyway

[@volkerhartnegg8211]

Lets hope brave iranian people can take the momentum and become free after 50 years of terrorist government.

[@krisi.2011]

I hope the mountian wasn't injured during this incident

[@Navybrat64]

God is great!!❤

[@sparky1105]

I hope the helicopter didn't suffer.🙏

[@therealking6202]

Did his hat get caught in the blades?!?

[@nvraman]

He was looking for a woman who had not worn her Burqa.

[@Amberle1546]

I was wondering too😂

[@katjamusiek40]

No his ego they say

[@cz1589]

Just for the record: the real people in power are still alive and pulling the strings. Their spiritual leader as well the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. This doesnt mean its not a challenge for them, the current situation was quite intense anyway and this does add to the domestic instability. Iran just needs a few new puppets - thats all

[@donscheid97]

It's a start, and the world is waking up to the depth of corruption in their own countries. IMO, this is a sign from above or at least a helping hand. Evil thinks they have the upper hand.... we shall see.

[@louis108]

Who's to say there wouldn't be more "breaking news" coming soon?

[@Omni0404]

Their leader is currently 85 years old and in poor health.

[@schloops8473]

I think khamenei needs to hop into an helicopter to show alll his trust in god... and he should take his son with him

[@Fateme-gd5dx]

خدا با مردم ایران هست ❤️

[@stanvkumar]

God's justice

[@MisterKay-ze2im]

He was chasing after mountain goat landing hard on his knees

[@fgaviator]

The thumb nail incorrectly shows a photo of the crash site of a Cessna T206H, which crashed in Iran on April 22, 2020. This is a Cessna tail fin - not from a Bell helicopter. The video shows the correct crash site though.

[@snowy3578]

Allah works in mysterious ways 🙏

[@smythharris2635]

The will of Alan has been done. His snack-bar continues to thrive.

[@fjdkfdfjdf33]

Puzzling why they would fly in such conditions with such terrain.

[@1155727]

Perceived power imbalance between VIP travellers and pilots. Obviously it's speculative, but see Kobe Bryant case.

[@54062]

The helicopter was 42 years old, that helped too 😏

[@milkbowl557]

Cause iran is..... " special " ....

[@holyfordus]

“Mr. President, there is a heavy fog and storms on our route. I believe we should secure alternative transportation to Tehra-“ “Inshallah, we will make it.” “But-“ “I said, *’Inshallah we will make it.* Now fly.”

[@LucyO-jl1cw]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Dimaz42]

a moment of silence for the helicopter 😔

[@maestrovso]

Thank you DW, for this report with Niloofar Ghoolami.

[@81DaddyMac]

Apparently, that mountain and the weather put a fatwa on him.

[@selmahare]

Yep nature’s fatwas sure are effective!

[@hugoegon1]

Karma?

[@ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT]

condolence to the pilot and helicopter rest in peace

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

I hope this is a chance for Iranian people to obtain freedom and prosperity for themselves.

[@vijayaravindhariomnarayanan]

Isn't the govt of Iran controlled by the religious leader?

[@MonsterHummerH3-zx1no]

BS.

[@coldogno7]

that thumbnail picture is a plane tail wtf

[@_starbuckle_8144]

Yall notice the bots in the comments

[@Horatiuy]

Do not cross the red lines when you are told not to cross them.

[@sebastianoorlandi2505]

Come on guys, the picture in the thumbnail is not even from the same crash

[@GotterVibez]

that doesnt look like a "hard landing" at all

[@lindag.2315]

Why?

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

Looks like it went straight into the mountain..

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

yes, thats so. in horizontal flight.

[@stephenhazeldene7719]

Last transmission from the helicopter pilot "What's this mountain goat doing in the clouds?"

[@PuddinMcjello]

oh no how horrible...

[@blitzroehre1807]

..old chopper hits green cloud. Meanwhile, folks in Teheran popping fireworks..

[@jakeball8858]

Hard crash

[@movienutcracker9756]

lol

[@TommyG11814]

That's terrible, the destruction of a good helicopter, hope no animals were injured.

[@hirdleyreid5796]

My condolences to Iran and to the families of all 9 .

[@itsjohndell]

So tragic. Not.

[@GenghisVern]

He will not be missed.

[@JuanValentino-yu1ft]

It went down 28 kilometers North of Varzaqan near Tavil .

[@neslierkmen]

Wie wurde der Präsident gefunden?

[@sharingan8981]

Ayotollah killed him to make his son the next president and Supreme leader

[@rizalitosurigao6647]

Judgment is done

[@selmahare]

Oh this is only but the start of his.

[@1AtticusFinch]

Why is the picture showing a small plane and not a helicopter?

[@UGANDAAFRICA134]

He visited dictator Museveni in Uganda who kills citizens like anything. The God of justice never disappoints His people

[@CaptainKGF1]

God is watching

[@akku_tuhe2088]

Hes still searching for his right ,the 72 maids😂

[@ShirazuHamza]

The helicopter have the right to defend it self

[@AAO342]

The thumbnail for this video shows the wreck of Cessna 206 registration number 1136 from the Iranian police that crashed on 22 april 2020.

[@Angel-su6re]

Is it God’s justice?

[@War_Gaming_RUS]

Sad to hear. My condolences to the family of President Ebrahim Raisi, the family of the foreign minister and general condolences to all the families of everyone aboard the helicopter.

[@AlexdaCunha]

"Oh No! that is horrible!" - said absolutely no one

[@user-rj4yk3ib8x]

God is great

[@souravdutta9102]

Even allah is on isreal side😂😂

[@galaxymyt4834]

😂😂