Raisi’s death & conspiracy theories,succession,implications & why Iran is world’s geopolitical hub

#cuttheclutter
Ebrahim Raisi, the eighth president of Iran was declared dead Monday after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region in the province of East Azerbaijan on Sunday in Episode 1454 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses who Raisi was, his rise to power, Iran's influence on ongoing wars, conspiracy theories around Raisi's death & what is next for the country that is now the geopolitical hub of the world.
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01:21-- Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi killed
06:11-- Various conspiracy theories
08:34-- Geopolitical hub of the world
13:58-- How Iran is helping Russia
15:12-- Iran & India
16:22-- What’s next for Iran
Correction: I think I got mixed up between east and west. Israel is to the west of Iran and Russian-Ukraine to the north and east. Apologies for this…shekhar Gupta
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[@NPSDC]

😅 5:21 5:22 5:24 5:27 5:30

[@BryanPakkiri]

International confirmation on identity of deceased????

[@varoonnone7159]

Why does India support trade with Iran ? Iran is an existential threat to India

[@conflictvideo3014]

A moment of silence to the pilot who pass away.

[@writtenright]

Typical Israel simp.Iran is not an enemy country of India but still guys like you hate it just because they are against Israel,the country you wanna bootlick.

[@BryanPakkiri]

International confirmation of identity of deceased???

[@Little-bird-told-me]

Can we spent a moment of silence, for the helicopter

[@akshaypai2096]

Seems like u stole the line from Ben Shapiro

[@Godzillamonstrosity]

And a moment of silence for the pilot

[@arsalanmirza3411]

Not possible‼️ Don’t you know it’s a BELl 🔔 Helicopter 🚁

[@victor256in]

Thank God. At least this episode wasn’t a repeat recorded 2 years ago

[@sprashere]

😂

[@HeavenRacer422]

And most importantly he even doesn't mention in videos which are recorded years ago. Just put it on description😂

[@ThePrintIndia]

I thin I mixed up west, east and north from Iran for Israel (to the west) and Russia (north)…apologies…Shekhar

[@judyanderson3500]

I enjoyed your commentary, and the clarity was excellent. It was so informative for me to have little knowledge of the countries and customs. Thanks

[@raido1573]

Fantastic Breakdown!

[@mayankgangwal24]

Shekhar uncle referring to his notes while seeing what's "5Ws and 1Hs" is the highlight of this episode.

[@LeroyJethroGibbs-qb7nd]

superb explanation !!

[@michaeludeze8470]

Even rescue crew could not immediately penetrate the crash site because of a blanket of thick FOG. Helicopters often crash in foggy, bad weather. It happens all the time! Israel does not have the science to create fog and mountains in Iran. Blame the pilot.

[@somnathchowdhury1]

Why other two helicopter didn't face the issue of fog?There was a three convoy helicopter.Why FM and President in the Same helicopter....it is against protocol to have all VIPs in the Same craft?

[@itachiofthesharingan67]

The helicopter pilot was probably a woman who refused to wear a hijab and decided to crash the helicopter instead when asked to wear it.....Justice has been served for Mahsa Amini.

[@watanabe00738]

Never heard of weather manipulation? weather reports from all international sites from that area were kept blank for 24 hours prior to the incident. Definitely it was a planned murder by israel

[@prashadndezoysa2506]

@@itachiofthesharingan67

[@mdabdulkhalek7117]

What you are talking about is true...but.....it seems there was some kinds of conspiracy!!! Hopefully, everything will be come out very soon!!!

[@harisundar8698]

Quality episode again SG.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you, my friend. I'm glad you liked it. Do keep watching and writing in. Thank you also for supporting our journalism...best wishes, Shekhar

[@True-Nationalist]

You might laugh while mentioning Guardian council a few times, but you will not dare do it against our very own SC Collegium system. What hypocricy..!

[@mayanksingh0044]

Our collegium is for the most part fair where the senior most gets to be CJI. Apart from one case of chief justice of odisha retiring while waiting for his promotion there isn't many such cases. Infact even that case isn't that controversial as he was not going to be CJI or even the second most senior judge who heads onalsa and what not or even the third most even if he was promoted. WHETHER U LIKE IT OR NOT, COLLEGIUM IS LARGELY FAIR WHERE SENIORITY, ABOVE ELSE, GETS REWARDED. You can't compare this with what kakh e dadgostri of Iran where loyalty to khomeni and theocracy is supreme not justice or SENIORITY

[@rishabhpatel2051]

😂😂😂😂😂 collegium is fair.... ???

[@sandipmore814]

​@@mayanksingh0044don't waste your energy buddy

[@Traderking1990]

​@@mayanksingh0044lol The Supreme Court allowed judges serving the state government to switch back to the OPS from NPS. Judges are now the only state government employees who have the old pension scheme and their payscale is fixed by the judicial pay commission, which is again a monopoly of Judges. 😂

[@Sorethroat742]

So thorough and understandable

[@sprashere]

2 top officials took a 50y old helicopter through tough weather when other options were available. Seems like they were just careless and had an aura of invincibility around themselves.

[@IndianShiaMuslim]

Great analysis

[@ArkoProvoMukherjee]

Thanks!

[@ohboeeboee]

Bhai..could have bought a small icecream tub for that😅

[@ThePrintIndia]

Dear Arko, Thank you for supporting our journalism.

[@libshastra]

Shekarji, you should revisit your selection of authors you offer for the "Fine Print". I don't think Yogendra Yadav makes the cut for a premium offering. I don't think he's worth wasting subscription on.

[@gauravaggarwal6083]

I think Yogendra Yadav’s insights are extremely valuable…thanks!…

[@usual-suspect]

Yes, that's true. Contributors such as Yogendra Yadav do not augment ThePrint's claim to unbiased journalism & will tarnish the brand image.

[@libshastra]

@Redwood-sz9tdit's not about I don't like him politically. Trashy articles with made up data is still trash. Swasti Rao, Amana Begun, Ibn Bin Bharathi are good writers. Heck just give Sanya Dhingra more opportunity to write more analytical articles. She writes politically inconvenient articles but her writing does not offend but tests your political positions and assumptions. Why should her writing and reporting excellence go to a Foreign magazine? Why can't "Fine Print" be the place to showcase her writing and reporting talent? Find and platform more talented folks like her. Invite Akhilesh Pillalamarri to write for the Print. Use the "Fine Print" to showcase fresh perspectives, new insights. Don't waste it on Trashy Chatgpt generated political propaganda. I want the Print, especially Shekarji to think outside their Lutyens echo chambers. Dehypenation also means expanding your perspectives. Aur kitna saal wohi gissi pithi kahani kichega?

[@libshastra]

@Redwood-sz9tdThe print just deleted my thoughtful comment.

[@SumitPalTube]

Yes, let's replace him and have more capable folks - a few names come to my mind like Arnab Goswami, Sudhir Chaudhary, Deepak Chaurasai, or even Amit Malviya. 😅

[@WhistleMaster]

Mr Shekhar Gupta doesn’t talk about Swati Maliwal and Kejriwal. He talks of tragedy in distant Iran but not in the living room of the Delhi CM’s mansion!

[@sunderdasika]

He has already done an episode

[@WhistleMaster]

@@sunderdasika No he has not. They put Swati in the heading in Episode 108, but no discussion in the entire episode. Dhoke pe Dhoka! Check it out yourself!

[@pranabeshd]

Bhakt is having a burn, I see. 😉

[@WhistleMaster]

LOL! Shekhar’s hypocrisy creates joy in us. Burn tere pichwade pe hona chahiye BSDK! 😂 Counter facts pe karo bhai. Itna bada kaand huva, why does your so called senior journalist talk about it? Bolo dimaak se andhe! 😆

[@TejasJain1991]

Well explained and an impressive attempt at keeping the conspiracy theories at bay. Always appreciate unbiased journalism!

[@Ninjashank]

😂😂

[@HOKSTUDIO]

Interesting video but the audio volume is too low.

[@Prasad_S_Joshi]

Sir, great comment …Extended Neighbourhood…… this shows how different and valuable your understanding compared to TV journalists

[@BilluBadshah-kh1gd]

Good Information 😮 Zero Substance

[@sauravsarkar2324]

Why sound quality is so bad?

[@kamat_ameya]

I hope you guys are doing a live broadcast with results on 4th June. Please get some great psephologists for that. With Ndtv now out of the equation, guess shekharji will be available here. :).

[@gennadius2638]

Judgement from above

[@sumantabiswas4878]

You did a minor mistake. Russian don't use 155 mm artillery. They use 152.5.

[@markcarter6333]

Why would the President and other high ranking officials opening a dam???? Why is the president travelling without a convoy on land air or sea? Why are so many High officials on the same trip???? Why are they still using old enemy vehicles?

[@GairikGhosh-bx8ks]

Also, who else knew about this trip?

[@mohamamdziaei5920]

In iran government controls almost anything and the head of government goes for trips to all cities to inagurate almost all big constructions... secondly president reisi had 2 other helicopters escorting him but they have lost him in heavy foggy weather... he had foreign minister with him because part of the program was to meet other country's (azerbaijan) president at the border... and the last question... because most the airplane and helicoptera be it russian or chinese still use american parts and if they sell it to iran they get under us sanctions...

[@markcarter6333]

@@mohamamdziaei5920 Well, maybe now those policies can be revised. You can't have everyone bundling in the same place for one meeting and not on the same plane or helicopter. Plus, I thought they were getting around the sanctions. If you can trade oil why not trade reliable transport? It's not like China or Russia give two ooots about what the west want to say or do. Given their position more up to date mode of transportation should have been acquired.

[@anadasingh3456]

This important to understand President Ebrahim Raisi had no government or economic experience. He was a Shia cleric of the Muslim faith. He was chosen by the Supreme Leader because he liked Raisi and was loyal. But he really did not know how to do his job.

[@anadasingh3456]

Iran's supreme leader was upset because America back out of the their nuclear agreement. When the new sanctions hit the Supreme Leader order the printing of money to try and offset the American lead sanctions but this only made the problem worse. President Ebrahim Raisi doesn't really understand economics he just went along with what the Supreme Leader wanted but this made the economic situation really bad in Iran.

[@PradeepSNair]

Timely CTC

[@HimanshuGarg9592]

The episode was very prompt. “Current” affairs in true terms.

[@SumitKumar-sp7ku]

Make episode on pune accident

[@mohtashimnaim7517]

Sir the helli was Agusta Bell 212 which is French made model 2001

[@mohtashimnaim7517]

Sry not french but Italian made helli

[@ajaykpaul]

*Please speak about porche accident in Pune.*

[@yahyaghafari4645]

Dear gentlemen iran ☫ is great civilization please go and see the art 🎨 in pasargard the magnificent and beautiful and elegant and reality of human beings they are the center of world 🗺 and civilization God bless iran ☫ we all love 😍 iran ☫ good luck gentlemen for your understanding i wish you success.

[@tanmayparmar2208]

Namaste sir

[@jaydeepgadhavi5465]

There might not be much change on foreign policy issues with the incoming political dispensation. However, could there be some changes on the internal policies especially women rights since we don't see anyone as hardline as Raisi as of now

[@harisundar8698]

It is unfortunate that in the midst of polarisation our people are forgetting our traditional partners and friends in Middle East and elsewhere and are observing things in a binary way. Israel and Iran are important partners of India.

[@ramp6287]

It was widely reported as killed and not died in accident. You got it right.

[@SJ00889]

Gupta ji duniya bhar par baat karenge par Swati Maliwal and dollargate hitting AAP par chuppi. Gupta ji aur AAP kya rishta hai ? 😂

[@bhararat04]

Thanks

[@ThePrintIndia]

Dear Bharat, Thank you for supporting ThePrint's journalism.

[@thomasperera8678]

Indian army chief Bipin Rawat and Taiwan defense chief died the same way. Controlled crash. Only Boeing has the satellite jamming technology. All choppers went head down and tail up

[@mg.f.9023]

“The Iranian regime fears free scientific inquiry. But I hope the Iranian people will find ways to obtain scientific knowledge and voice their views.” -Yuval Noah Hariri

[@watanabe00738]

Abdullas in general fear scientific inquiry..science and abdullism dont go hand in hand , with middle eastern fantasy book on lap

[@sankalp6872]

That's every Islamic regime. Hence, we must prevent dreams of "Ghazwa-e-hind".

[@gurukiran1510]

yep correctly said ..

[@Godzillamonstrosity]

@@gurukiran1510 this guy Yuval Noah hariri is an atheist who thinks Hinduism is a fake religion

[@Godzillamonstrosity]

@@Mjjjyyy he didn't explicitly say that but he implicitly said that. He is an atheist who thinks the very notion of a god/deity and all religions in the world are human constructs (ie: fake). This means that he also implicitly insulted our great and glorious religion of Hinduism as a "human construct" (ie: fake). This means that we as proud Sanatanis should assume everything that this guy says or writes as invalid or inaccurate until and unless it has been proved otherwise.

[@user-ny4np7uq5d]

Raisi's rise to power is an evidence of cruel "Islamic" culture.However, it's so obvious that Shekhar doesn't even think of underscoring it and only presents this event as a matter of international importance :). Agree, brutality in muslim country is not worth mentioning about (from religious angle). its obvious! However, any act of defence in India against such brutal culture is treated as religious discrimination ...

[@hirenbafna]

Iran is a Important country. If there was no Pakistan then they would be INDIA's neighbours. Also, it's a Civilizational state but also the state which punches itself above its weight. Imagine a country whose people are suffering even though they have an abundance of OIL. They have been controlling large parts of land outside its official territory. Be it Iraq, Yemen & Syria that too at the cost of it's own people.

[@xplorewithdipan]

Will this be a blow to Iran-India relations and Chahbahar port ?

[@conflictvideo3014]

No those things are seperate

[@just_russ4633]

Three helicopters flying together? Think about what you would be doing if you were flying as a group? Personally I think I would be communicating with the other pilots, talking about the weather etc. So if one of the group stopped talking or disappeared, surely you would be calling for them to respond. Surely you would circle back and check on your companions etc. Something doesn't look right.

[@faisal7476]

inna ilaihi wa Inna ilaihi rajiun

[@TheBraveheart-yi3vd]

BS

[@bapubehera1708]

Sir you put videos in hindi.

[@shashankmishra1039]

Hey Shekhar would like you to do an episode on AAPs recent troubles

[@bhattimustafa5842]

A monent of silance for the print

[@Dheenadayalan-wp3nv]

We cannot “buy” power. If we try buying one we will be only sold to it. Never buy military equipment from anyone- like Old India. We need to grow more Hindustan aeronautics like how we build worlds complex yet cheap Railways.

[@mangeshdevalapurkar5283]

Bhaisaab ne Bharat se sea Port ki deal mein bahot deri kar di. Pehle toh hamere Kashmir par bohot anab shanab bolte the. Jab tak akela nahi huwa tab tak kuch nahi kiya Bharat se rishte badhane mein. . Abhi abhi toh Dehshatgard Pakistan jaake Israel ko mitthi mein milane wale the.

[@lsharikishor]

Some foreign media reported irani police entered indian embassy searched in thehran after reports of crash suspecting hand

[@user-ny4np7uq5d]

Sorry Shekhar which religion? I didn't hear that!!

[@evanmcarthur478]

12:00 it cost a lot to stop them ! Right laypeople almost never bring this up.

[@kartarsinghbhatia7543]

I know you only could explain that 🎉

[@maniaphobia4719]

Shekharji will not speculate in Cut the Clutters ; No worries ; We will make all sorts of speculations in the same Comment box

[@person12345_]

Petrol price In America: rs74 . In india: rs 104. Wah modi ji wah masterstroke

[@sajithakalathil5098]

Idiot

[@navdeepsugandhi6476]

USA is largest oil producer in the world

[@ankushdoshi8947]

Dumbfuck USA is one of the largest manufacturer of crude oil

[@burropoco]

Great analysis but good heavens! who on earth is creating all that noise in the background!?!

[@mg.f.9023]

A mastermind of long history of strict Moral policing in Iran.

[@sankalp6872]

The master of the mind is your head of religion. 6th century enterprise.

[@jonathanstein5049]

Thanks to Mother Nature.

[@krisvin7761]

Mossad setting higher standards for RAW

[@shreyasshetty9473]

😮😮

[@mg.f.9023]

What is causing low VOTING TURNOUT? Is ECI the worst that has been?

[@LeroyJethroGibbs-qb7nd]

can u make a video on japan ??

[@ThePrintIndia]

What is it that you’d like me to talk about on Japan? Always open to ideas…thank you

[@kanishkchaturvedi1745]

Bless you sir for being so proactive​@@ThePrintIndia

[@nitinpatel1039]

Their is no real conspiracy, it is quite evident it is done by Ayatollah khamenei, Raisi was next in line to be Ayatollah, but now deck is cleared for his son

[@andy-pf5hs]

ok mr. gaurav arya

[@techplanet6958]

Chutiya giving chutiya logic 😅😅

[@gurukiran1510]

Exactly . because khamenei will go to whatever extent he wants ... he is such a fox . immediately after the death of Raisi khameni said " there should not be any worries to continue the the gove . and everything needs to be as usual . poor and innocent raisi who was unaware of this .

[@adnanibnnoor_1]

Why Modi not on this helicopter, I am so sad.,

[@mohamamdziaei5920]

It wont happen... one of the most important conditions for one to become leader is called makbooliat.. it means the one has to be much famous and popular that most people follow his orders... khamenei at the time was very popular but his son has also no official or religious liability... and if you know khamenei well he is a very extreme religious ideologist and if he wanted so he could easily somehow try to earn some respect or popularity for his sons... but his sons never entered any real political work... btw thats just what i can understand from this

[@yahyaghafari4645]

Dear gentlemen this 3 h triangle 🔽 is dangerous more dangerous than Bermuda 🇧🇲 yes gentlemen for your understanding h h h good luck.

[@BilluBadshah-kh1gd]

Why Iranians 🇮🇷 Use Such Old USA Helicopter instead if Russian Helicopter

[@HellBot-gi5si]

Because Russian helicopters are unsafe.

[@Ragerian]

because they don't have cash on hand

[@AM-311]

Such a long video, so little substance! Gupta ji, when you didn't have anything to say about the incident, why rush to make a video?

[@moerfani]

He has sinned and judged, but the Iranians should not mock or cheer as they did against the national football team. Forgiveness is greater than hatred.

[@Roy-qj3kh]

Gupta ji humko toh lagta hai Iran main takkhta palat hoga..

[@TheGym-Germany]

Wrong fuel loaded in helicopter

[@user-jq5zv5uz1d]

I think you know, might mention that something is gonna happen in India

[@uyngor1536]

40 years old helicopter 🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁

[@FranzBieberkopf]

No access to spare parts, flying in mountains in foggy weather. Maybe the pilot was suicidal?

[@josedearimateiayjesus2178]

Chinese helicopters? Aliexpress cant get enough!

[@RARay11]

Shekhar, you are looking at your notes when you are explaining 5 Ws and 1 H. 🤔😉

[@user-bm9rw6su8r]

Shekhar Gupta bolega kuu ho gya 😅 ye famous hai ye bolnay ke liye

[@deepasampathkumar]

How can't be other nations even make good helicopters and have to depend on US, France and Russia Sad

[@ThePrintIndia]

The Russians make excellent helicopters. Our prime ministers and presidents fly these. Now India has started making very good helicopters as well. For transport as well as combat. Thanks for writing in..shekhar

[@Ninjashank]

After so many years of journalism you still need your notes for the W’s 😝😝😝

[@josephdesouza4573]

a fund of facts but as usual no real information

[@olderolderman4603]

Did he have life insurance .

[@mujahidkhan9554]

Coukd

[@LivingStories-fd5gc]

Butcher got butchered

[@hemikovsky]

Lot of Tapori bhakt comments, Can we spent a moment of silence, for the helicopter!

[@stoicepictetus3875]

A hard landing they said on Iranian news... how would they call a helicopter crash ?

[@mohamamdziaei5920]

They have lost all connection with the the choper... if this happend in any country for the head of government would they immediately call it a crash without evidence? And hard crash is what some locals described what they saw and heared at the first hours...

[@hemikovsky]

India's Image in the World All bluff.

[@arsalanmirza3411]

Not only “GEO-POLITICAL” NEIGHBOURHOOD - but also GEO- “ARYAN” BRAHMIN RELIGION Neighbourhood 🥰

[@anuragsinha2013]

CRYPTIQ : China Russia Yemen Pakistan Turkey Iran Qatar

[@yashwindersingh]

Iran is active on too many fronts.

[@watanabe00738]

MOSSAD agent named ELI COPTER did this . such a shame

[@alejandrojr.albarracin4432]

Wrongly not only him but some??? So clear the news????😂😂😂

[@hotfun07]

Sir, Please DONT pronounce RAWALPINDI. It is pronounced as ROWOLPINDI 😂❤

[@arshreetsingh3828]

CIA or Mossad?

[@user-ij5lc1kw8r]

You?!

[@jyotsshar045]

Kheimnei

[@watanabe00738]

Mossad . There are lots of report where it says weather reports were kept blank for 24 hours orior to the incident

[@user-ij5lc1kw8r]

@@watanabe00738 Show them!

[@azamnowrouzi7507]

Ebrahim Raisi was a criminal against humanity and one of the most ruthless leaders of the regime of the bloodthirsty Islamic Republic, and his hands are Stained with the blood of thousands of free-hearted Iranian youth.

[@mg.f.9023]

Mumbai voters had to wait for hours and some turned back without voting! BJP inefficiency or planned strategy?

[@shyambajekal8084]

Israel is due _west_ of Iran, not East.

[@ThePrintIndia]

You are right. Thanks for catching it! I have put a correction with the description and at the top of the comments as well. Thanks again, and stay well..shekhar

[@idaaswien8134]

Bodha satyagaya he. Choop kar

[@NeelanjanBandyopadhyay]

Again American nonsense of Shahed drones. The drones being used these days by Russians is Lancet -3.

[@ashishb]

Israel never forgets and forgives

[@writtenright]

Isreal frand saar😂😂

[@writtenright]

@@pernemlong9363 Haha..This ''saaar'' kinda israel simping comment is the trait of Sanghs only.Sanghs never forgets,they simp.

[@mumtazhaji1533]

Before calling him Butcher of Tehran, do some research, 2002 Gujarat riots will you call Modi the same ?

[@yaqootmir6761]

Modi should try and use the same name and model chopper rid us of the disease once and for all 😂