What Ebrahim Raisi’s death means for Iran and the region

Officials have confirmed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian have been killed in a helicopter crash.
The President and Foreign Minister were on board the helicopter when it went down in heavy fog in Iran's East Azerbaijan province.
ANU Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Professor Amin Saikal joined Sky News Australia to discuss what the death of Ebrahim Raisi would mean for Iran and its internal affairs.

[@rdr836]

As an iranian i want to say all iranians are soooooo happy today 🎉🎉🎉

[@yahbin77]

Long Live the Iranians

[@goldenclaw1133]

​@Ailcrane From Saudi?

[@sebulba4864]

Iranian people deserve freedom from Islamists, hope for a better future without the Ayatollahs.

[@Dr_Jeff888]

He was 1988 Iranian genocider

[@user-en9jk8rf8v]

Brother? Why not sister...​@Ailcrane

[@SOz-uf5yq]

I doubt a single woman who wants to live a normal life in Iran will shed any tears.

[@Steelydon]

Do you know any iranian women ? Have you ever talked to someone from the middle east ? Or are you just watching peopaganda

[@urbanracer032]

​@@Steelydonl do, l work in Northern Iraq and l can assure you that none are shedding any tears.

[@northbismarck5038]

Woman like you no value in our country😅 beauty not from the outside but from inside of you

[@ohsure07]

@@Steelydon your ignorance is terrifying.

[@Mzulfreaky]

​@@urbanracer032you said Iraq women. So it's false. A lot of Iranian people are sad and shedding tears and prayers

[@louisetaylor2131]

The people are celebrating, setting off fireworks, they do not want Islam in power there

[@rosshitchen-ij6en]

Lol stop making up stories.

[@samd7135]

But the US and Britain do.

[@garywright8846]

@@rosshitchen-ij6en it’s true, it’s on X he’s hated he was a butcher

[@billa5071]

And I don't want the homosexual agenda in the west.

[@MYJEWISHLAMPSHADES]

PRESS NEWEST GUYS. READ MY COMMENTS. ALL HIDDEN. FIND THEM.

[@marianlonge3060]

Congratulations Iran the tyrant has gone

[@MrArio1989]

Has not yet

[@Kelly-wf5ie]

@@MrArio1989ACTUALLY yes, executed awhile back, it’s just U were never TOLD !!

[@MrArio1989]

@@Kelly-wf5ie Who are you talking about?

[@wyattfamily8997]

Plenty to replace him I'm sure.

[@gebirg1]

They will just replace him with another!

[@LanaUSA212]

Columbia University students and their LGBTQ community are heartbroken

[@DavidEVogel]

American colleges will close for a week of mourning.

[@fleaniswerkhardt4647]

​@@markentwist Are any of them demanding boycotts against Russian helicopter manufacturers?

[@MAEURASTAR]

@@DavidEVogel It's summer break.

[@chrisbabbage4004]

​@@DavidEVogelSure 😂

[@Shauno777]

😂😂😂

[@keithmaurice]

What good the Islamic system has done to that country. Pain, Misery, grief and Death :(

[@Gammon1]

Without lies, Islam dies.

[@BG-ir1ii]

The rein of jalal pork is coming.

[@CantFixDemonrats]

God don't play stupid games with evil dictators.

[@Steelydon]

He s not the one that killed 40 000 civilans or dropped two nuclear bombs on civilians, the evil is in your house

[@loumac]

God couldn’t have gotten rid of him before he did any damage?

[@kaynefryday6637]

Apparently a turban got caught in the rotor

[@ohsure07]

😂😂😂

[@ozgal6929]

😂😂😂😂

[@02any1]

I think he is in hell if there is hell But he shouldn’t go that easy He killed and butchered thousands of innocent peoples inside Iran

[@ProudCanadian-vv6bk]

As Christians, we don't know that. It is between themselves and God.

[@Rosie05610]

Oh hell is real alright, but do you want to take that gamble with your soul. Repent to Jesus Christ for remission of sins and be saved.

[@02any1]

@@Rosie05610 what if I don’t believe in hell but I I’m not a bad person What’s going be god decision Punish me for being good or not believe in hell?

[@Aucklandsfinest]

@@02any1there is not one that is good except God

[@JoeWright1]

@@02any1 In Islam we believe that only Allah holds that decision to judge people on where they will stay for eternity. Muslims cannot say for sure that non-muslims can't go to heaven, as there may be some exceptions.

[@Always-Hustle]

Condolences to the helicopter.... 🥲

[@user-ik2bb2vz5x]

I lift up my eyes to the mountains- where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip- he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you- the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm- he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

[@YonieZukowsky51]

In the Middle East Raisi was simply known as the butcher.He established himself a reputation of being cruel in a region renowned and intimately familiar with cruelty.

[@rosshitchen-ij6en]

Netanyahu is known as the king of Genocide in the region.

[@Steelydon]

Your westerners kunts called him a butcher, the iranians dont call him that retqrd

[@williemrebekahmaclutchie-e7654]

he had blood on his head,1000s he had murdered hes in torment now with his m8s ok

[@rosshitchen-ij6en]

Your simply known as a BS artist.

[@robinbrown8963]

Yes the coward Butcher of terrorist Iran got his dues, and slimebag Puss Putin and Turkey Dirty One, sucking up to the queer dress wearing grubby leader.

[@kumarsantoshd]

True Independence Day for Iran !!!

[@SipnGo-uw2fy]

Oh dear..poor helicopter 😢

[@jamespeacock8665]

Seeing this 'joke' now about 100 times shows how sheep-like people are.

[@Mendoza1414]

@@jamespeacock8665 found the European

[@jamespeacock8665]

​@@Mendoza1414Sky News 'Australia'🙄

[@aaronaaron6569]

​​@@jamespeacock8665are you trolling?😊

[@Gammon1]

@@jamespeacock8665As opposed to a dick-head like you?

[@kamala7101]

Abba Gaybar 😆🤣😆 The helicopter has the right to defend itself

[@mortadaalkarawi7605]

Holy sprite come in me please 😫😫

[@Rosie05610]

The Bible says, that those who attack God's people and Israel, will lose and that God Himself will fight for Israel. God is on His throne Amen.

[@oweisheakasingo-wm5sn]

❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@JaswinderSingh-bh5hy]

You all ✝️ ✡️ ☪️ are from Ibrahim. This 🌎 is fed up from all of U. Please excuse the globe 🌎 🙏

[@Rosie05610]

@@JaswinderSingh-bh5hy So don't read our comments simple.

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

Theres literally millions of Persians celebrating in the streets of Iran right now

[@wesleysiame6996]

He attacked Israel with rockets , and God the defender of Israel has fought for Israel again

[@MarthyWilliamsWilliams]

Really 😂😂 yes and CIA helped Israel’s forces to bombed his airplane

[@MarthyWilliamsWilliams]

It’s has nothing to do with God

[@TheYouTubeBusiness]

Leave GOD OUT OF THIS.

[@angelmendez2211]

no Israel attack Iran Syria embassy first then Iran gave a huge warning to the US about their attack while launching slow drones first then their ballistic missiles which was release later. So of course US, Jordan, and other surrounding countries defended Israel quite easily.

[@MarthyWilliamsWilliams]

@@TheKZbinBusiness thank you

[@SmilingTiger67]

The obvious question already being asked around the world was 'where was Hilliary"

[@ozgal6929]

The real one was unalived many many years ago.

[@SmilingTiger67]

@@ozgal6929 If they unalived the other, would they have replaced her update as evil, corrupt and just plain mean? Same one with zero upgrade sorry to say

[@RogueElementMkII]

No-one was behind it, flying in heavy fog and rain wasn't very smart. The pilot wouldn't have seen the mountain until it was too late.

[@naomicolleen]

You falling for that story are you? 😂😂

[@RogueElementMkII]

​@@naomicolleenNot everything is a conspiracy. Light aircraft and helicopters crashing into the side of a mountain isn't exactly uncommon in those conditions. It's the simplest and most obvious explanation.

[@naomicolleen]

@@RogueElementMkII okay

[@susannauchitel682]

Lol don’t be silly

[@RogueElementMkII]

​@@susannauchitel682Care to share your convoluted conspiracy theory then?

[@Shauno777]

Iran will declare a j.ihad on the weather no doubt 😅

[@YouTubeDeletesMyCommentssss]

Free free Iran, hope the people rise up.

[@jjm4633]

Pretty sad when everyone rejoices when you are gone.

[@deecypher5284]

My prayers n well wishes and speedy recover to the helicopter 😢

[@Warren-pr7ho]

Accidents like this dont just happen when someone like the president is concerned. Maybe God had a hand in this.

[@t.nguyen5234]

Hmm wonder if he still chanting death to America........made helicopter.

[@godsgarden1573]

Colossians 3:6 “For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:”

[@truefactjack]

God is grate... the world won't be missing you

[@Pyjamarama11]

Grammar is grater

[@Rectum_Rocketboost]

Spelling is gratest.​@@Pyjamarama11

[@MsNextgeneration12]

Palestinian Americans for Trump

[@Rosie05610]

The word you are looking for is Great, GOD IS GREAT God bless ❤👑🕊

[@Rectum_Rocketboost]

@@Rosie05610 grate is a new word. Try to keep up.

[@user-sk3ez8rj4b]

I send the condolences to losser USA college students.

[@richardmaxwell3472]

Free all Iranian women...before these lunatics took over people had rights!

[@Danny-el7ok]

Hallelujah

[@nikis7186]

Free my people ❤️🇮🇷🦁

[@sirjohng1]

No thought that God had run out of patience with the way Iran was being ruled? No, of course not.

[@NZ_Kiwi1010]

God made a stand and did the world a blessing for all women and children ruled under Islamic BS.

[@NZ_Kiwi1010]

The control, stops... God has spoken, let these people free

[@stephendownes6331]

Does this mean it would now be ok for Christians, Jews, Hindu's and Homosexuals to gather outside the Opera House and celebrate?

[@YousufAlee]

Remember Mahsa Amini

[@susnasongbird1277]

I remember. Poor thing. 🥹

[@alcyonae]

Thank you. I lived under a rock these past 2 years and didn’t know.

[@tomamas14]

Such amazing news!!

[@mk1479]

One way ticket to see ol' hob.. Eternity is a long time.. Enjoy the lake of fire.

[@legitwhitebelt8353]

50 percent off at the salad bar tonight

[@someoneelse.2252]

Bye bye....we ain't gonna miss ya.

[@ScarletJannaStaAna]

Run Free, Raisi but Israel STILL alive, You SEE?

[@cesarordaz139]

God is great! His will has been solidified

[@tetraquark2402]

I just want Iran to be free from the theocracy

[@NpgSymboL]

Allahcracy

[@ralemc1960]

I wonder if the Vice President had his desk cleared at take off?

[@brenly7054]

Oh no we will all miss this caring and generous man

[@Rosie05610]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Steelydon]

Just as much as we will miss your trump or biden or other war mongers and losers

[@fujidenzo_kid4147]

🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@booaks2980]

Revive shah and Persia

[@JaswinderSingh-bh5hy]

Iranians are fed up by the oldies system

[@user-on5gf7rv2d]

*Islaamic system

[@JaswinderSingh-bh5hy]

@@user-on5gf7rv2d silence 🔕 bro... u may be watched 👀

[@yb6465]

God is indeed great

[@Rosie05610]

Amen ❤yes He is.

[@eduardomanansala9672]

Wonderful news

[@AntonioSosa-mw2bz]

Números 24:9 bendito sea quien te bendiga ho Israel y maldito sea quien te maldiga. expresidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez me recuerda.

[@ck-id8gv]

An air travel specialist has just declared: "He should have traveled by military plane to at least have a parachute and an ejection seat available at the time of the incident. Indeed, unlike a military plane, a helicopter flies too low and does not contain these rescue means"

[@paulsandberg6444]

Hell has a new tennant.

[@Chopper650]

when u don't pay the big guy his 10% ... things happen

[@yb6465]

Biden sheds tears for his friend

[@martinepstein3332]

Doubt it, for the Butcher of Tehran.

[@handel1111]

Iran in the 70s were very modern and civilized compared today

[@SurvivethePoleShift]

We will miss His great taste in hats..... 😂😂😂😂😂 Love from Chookland May the Iranian People emerge from their islamic slumber

[@Yabuturtle]

Did they actually see his body or are we supposed to take their word for it, like they did with Osama?

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

The body tested positive for opium and alcohol... it left no doubt.

[@johnbodman4504]

Good point. Osama died of kidney disease. He was very sick on 9/11.

[@solomonsimpson5217]

It's like in that movie when the house fell on that wicked witch and it was like pretty cool

[@SMETSYSGNIMIT]

Mossad. Helicopters fly in IFR all the time. All the time. Don't mess with Israel.

[@ahmedabdiwahab9366]

how could a president and the foreign affair minister could travel with a helicopter like that, and above all, with no one????!!! very suspicious

[@balung]

Yeah, Eli Copter did it.

[@ericfb100]

Another one for Hell!

[@Warren-pr7ho]

Are they really gonna blame Israel for this.

[@littlecatfeet9064]

For everything.

[@richarda1751]

Did Raisi’s impact with the ground cause much damage to it?

[@batrbmr]

Right 40 days after April 8 solar eclipse. Spot on.

[@Reformismust]

There are endless leaders who want to enforce fundamentalism.

[@tatorials3608]

Logic and Iran don’t go together If it works to blame Israel it works lol

[@greglitrell7097]

It doesn't mean anything since everyone was celebrating with fireworks

[@barnliad]

G-d riddence

[@g.s.3389]

of 3 helicopters fighting together only one crashed? strange, isn't it?

[@DavidGetling]

Could it possibly be that this wasn't an accident? Of course, the despots would be desperate to cover up such a fact, for fear of what it might inspire.

[@mahaboskani4093]

A sorrow for helicopter 😂😅

[@shortek-mechanicalvideos5935]

Did the CIA perform the helicopters last service?

[@hotchihuahua1546]

Sure there will be a lot of speculation ! My question , Why in the hell were these important people doing flying in a 50 year old helicopter !

[@subhashishbagchi3191]

Justice is served to iranian women.

[@g.w.hampton5525]

"Almost certain he is dead".... Call me suspicious but without an identified body i am suspicios

[@a.k.rajeevkrishnan9665]

Mr.Nethanyhu told 7 months before. We will changeThe. Region that's happening.

[@Didigetitwrong]

Unless once they investigate the cause of the crash they find something suspicious or claim to find something suspicious?

[@attyjay8040]

welcome to the afterlife

[@dmack1827]

God has spoken.

[@minaabbasian6929]

We started our day with great news Javier shah god bless my beautiful country

[@minaabbasian6929]

Javad shah

[@ruditheoutsider]

I smell sabotage

[@Sylvershade]

Same thing happened to Yevgeny Prigozhin a year after he marched on Moscow....

[@BG-ir1ii]

It was an Iranian terrorist attack.

[@graemeschubert6162]

Very Educated Iranians, very interesting times ahead for the fishermen, would not be sleeping much

[@basirahmed3067]

He was a very good hearted person and Bangladesh is deeply saddened by his death

[@hollysmith1347]

How are the people reacting? Will they see any change?

[@leoleo69351]

È la gente, adesso, che deve attuare il cambiamento e penso che sarà più unità a combattere tutti i soprusi.

[@richmondasamoah1393]

God is not done with Iran's leaders yet. If you touch Israel, you touch the eye of God Almight

[@janreid1629]

I pray for the majority of Iranians who want democracy and freedom. .The current regime has apparently executed thousands of citizens over the years in power, even a beautiful young woman quite recently for not wearing her scarf " correctly".

[@RolanRoyce]

I'm sure he'll be replaced through a democratic installation.

[@danielclint1033]

Two Israeli F35s were shown to be in the area on radar. Secondly the weather forecast was good, the resulting weather was an anomaly. Weather war fare is very real.

[@Every-picture-tells-a-story]

It’s time for that region to become like the rest of the world modern up-to-date leave extreme isn’t behind leave hatred behind stop basing everything on religion. And start accepting people for who they are and what they are not trying to force their laws on people because they want to live that way, and they want to be dictators dictators are dead.

[@Zod741]

It means another guy who looks and talks exactly like him will replace him. Same clothes too.

[@williamturner1364]

Best wishes to all Iran may this be a prelude to freedom, happiness and peace.

[@sarahjones79]

Why are there foreigners as professors at your universities?

[@davidjma7226]

Australia is an egalitarian society made up of immigrants from all over the world.

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

The Supreme Leader would want to hope it was the Israelis, because otherwise it would be an act of "Allah", and make the people think.

[@user-zb1xh3gy1i]

He busted the gates of hell with a helicopter

[@81carrerasc]

Helicopter V's Mountain ............ Mountain 1 - 0, correction make that 8 zip

[@Salpeace5]

My condolences to the Iranian people

[@saul2491]

Iranian people are celebrating. Iranians are the ones who named him the butcher of Tehran. He executed 30k of his own people. They love that he is dead

[@Salpeace5]

@@soleknight3212 stop your Zionist propaganda

[@facehugger3]

Reminds me of one of my fave songs. Flying without wings .

[@asiaone999]

the only thing everyone needs to know is how will the successor's stance on the political and foreign policies in the region, will he be more AGGRESIVE or RESTRAINED ?? if he rose under the Iranian Revolutionary Guards then good luck to Israel.

[@TheSarcasticEngineer]

Is the helicopter ok? 🥺

[@steppenwolfliest3947]

Praise the lord Jesus Christ!!!!