What Raisi’s Death Means for the Future of Iran | WSJ News

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. WSJ correspondent Sune Rasmussen explains the impact of Raisi’s death on Iran and a region already in turmoil. Photo: Iranian Presidency Office/AP
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[@birdlife4065]

He sentenced thousands of people to death I have no sympathy for this man

[@Celevie]

Yes they were criminals.

[@user-uv3sv3qd2x]

Harry s truman killed over half a million Japanese civilians yet look at you

[@michaelbonner4126]

If he didn’t apologize for all the stuff he’s done, he’s not in heaven. If he apologized, he’s in heaven.

[@michaelbonner4126]

But it isn’t raisi’s fault.

[@michaelbonner4126]

It’s satan’s fault.

[@rubenpascual1142]

These people create their own problems then blames Israel.

[@kinggamer_15]

Fr

[@pubgmobileclashroyale4725]

Well, Israel also forgot about equal human rights, brutality in war , and genocide, which should be punished by International court, return occupied territories after war. The world is angry, cause west is choosing sides instead of peace and justice

[@maigo2269]

⁠​⁠@@pubgmobileclashroyale4725 forgotten equal human rights? Genocide?

[@davidtaliaferro]

Means nothing. Next man up. The Iranian President doesn't run Iran. The Assahola does.

[@DovesSweetSonnet]

The mullahs you mean?

[@dimitriskarathanasis4230]

@@DovesSweetSonnet why don't you comment on the corrupt on the hill?

[@whitetiger9974]

You are a assa holla

[@SunnyBear11]

“Assahola” took me out 😂😂 haven’t seen that one before

[@aakashgoel6698]

Iran people celebrating his death tells alot about Islamic Tyranny!!!

[@ElonHusky]

Sadly he's just the president. The main leader still alive and they'll find new guy

[@zangangamersunited9403]

we'll all be like pedro pascal laughing then slowly fading into cry

[@user-ff6jh1oc9v]

خفه شو ماایرانیان رئیس جمهور خودمون را دوست داریم

[@Mobinaaa.]

I am Iranian.we are so sad.why are you laieing?

[@mersifullwolf4054]

@@Mobinaaa. you’re not Iranians 😂😂

[@limabravo6065]

What?!? Oh no that poor helicopter

[@futurereflections4097]

You are j

[@class11ncert28]

Oh no the land pollution due to the crash

[@parkchunjae8471]

Seriously?

[@limabravo6065]

@@parkchunjae8471 about what?

[@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

[@SmilingDrums-ng2mc]

Suspicious that Azerberjhan did it?

[@lisabastienne7316]

There were two other helicopters flying with them. Presumably, including his security. Reports say the weather was good when they took off and suddenly changed. The two other helicopters made it back safely.

[@ahmedabdiwahab9366]

@@SmilingDrums-ng2mc no, suspicious someone inside has a plan did this with an outside hand, and it's very weird that the intelegence of iran is very careless

[@robertpalatsky5017]

@@ahmedabdiwahab9366 I mean, not to state the obvious here, but, clearly , this was an inside job.

[@HKim0072]

@@lisabastienne7316 Likely, copying the US strategy as well. Marine One always travels with multiple helicopters. It's part a diversion / math tactic, but helicopters break down A LOT. No one wants to get stuck, so the other choppers are backups.

[@darthvaper4776]

I guess the fog was Islamophobic

[@aboutwhatever77]

Gods fog💪

[@jaydenmasters2888]

​@@aboutwhatever77 you spelled allah wrong.

[@gabbarsingh1815]

Ask your step dad

[@ck-id8gv]

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

[@roberttalada5196]

Sanctions have made planes very safe in Iran as they cannot buy Boeing.

[@GodsChild54]

How would he study about this much fact? he was always busy with other stuff 😂

[@xantiom]

The president would not have accepted any suggestions, and the mere fact that the pilot ignored safety protocols to fly a mountainous area in a fog, indicates that very probably the pilot was ordered to fly "anyways". This is how dictatorships work. The pilot was stuck between a rock and a hard place: either dying by disobeying orders or dying by flying blind towards a mountain.

[@cswanson4476]

1988 was 36 years ago. He died yesterday at age 63. So he was a 27 year-old judge sentencing hundreds of people to be executed. Iran was so weird in 1988. Wasn’t the Iran-Iraq War drawing to a close by then? Hadn’t there just been an Iranian passenger jet destroyed midair by the US Navy a year or two before? And hadn’t their archenemy, Saddam Hussein, been nerve gassing Kurds next door, just like he did Iranian troops for years, with French help, right around that time?

[@venenareligioest410]

It’s about time the Iranian people had some good news!

[@Celevie]

Atleast Iran has real democracy. Unlike the west were Russian supporters cannot celebrate the war on Ukraine

[@GamingGgproYesYouNoob]

nope, the crazier guy is gonna be leader

[@krishhkanth7357]

Attends an opening for a dam. Ends up damned.

[@RubyBandUSA]

He lived 63 years too long. He should have been born stillborn.

[@sormehdeh7382]

It’s time for your Netenyaboo

[@class11ncert28]

​@@sormehdeh7382Oh no Israel is winning

[@class11ncert28]

​@@sormehdeh7382Ur team is losing Start crying and ask for ceasefire

[@robmil2012]

Are you speaking of justin traitor 😅

[@SG-gq2rf]

The proof that Israel did it: - Israel has a history of assassinating Iranian officials and other high ranking opponents (The founder of Hamas was assassinated, Arafat was assassinated...) - Israel has been actively trying to destabilise and cause regime change in Iran - And/or go to war with Iran for 30 years - Netanyahu has said that they will change the map of the Middle East forever - so they are prime suspects in incidents like this - Israel's response to the Iranian attack was tame, and they are not know for tame responses - The hardliners demanded something much stronger against Iran and they have Netanyahu in their pocket at this point - Israel absolutely has the capacity to take down a helicopter (Russia made Prigozhin's (Wagner) helicopter have an 'accident'); GPS is easy to scramble for them and they could do this when the weather conditions turn) - There are no accidents in the Middles East; and these so called accidents or events always seem to land in Israel's' advantage, to the point where these religious types are claiming God is helping Israel (9/11, destruction of Israel's major enemies Iraq, and Syria (through clearly inorganic and manipulated 'uprisings'; spread of ISIS; Oct 7th itself clearly aids Israel's goals;...) - Out of the 3 Helicopters in the convoy, the one that happened to have Raisi and the foreign minister was the only one to crash. So: Will to do it/capacity to do it/opportunity to do it. Israel did it. And there is plausible deniability since there wont be any evidence.

[@KingPingviini]

The accident was caused severe weather. Are you telling me, Israel controls weather? You are giving Israel credit for God like powers.

[@SG-gq2rf]

@@KingPingviini If I cut your breaks because I know you're going to drive downhill did you crash because of the hill?

[@papakimbetakim4718]

​@@KingPingviiniso u are telling God of Israel god of Abraham is real God

[@papakimbetakim4718]

Turkey mp died while speaking against Israel inthe parlament .Iran foreign minister wanted to slap Israel he died helicopter. God of Israel God of Abraham is the real God . protecting them every country who are against them.every strong country will be favour them bcz God will make other strong countries to favour His Israel so that it will be protected until messiah comes again

[@mg9660]

Why’s is this news he was a murderer

[@descartes2404]

Lets hope and pray that the next elected president will be a more moderate one. Though this is most likely almost impossible as long as the supreme leader still lives.

[@THUGSofMUKHARJEE_NAGAR]

Karma hits Hard

[@satnamo]

Karma means as you sow so shall you reap ☯️

[@photosynthesis69]

Karma isn’t real.

[@class11ncert28]

​@@photosynthesis69he used to give death warrants and now the wind gave him one

[@Celevie]

Its martyrdom

[@class11ncert28]

@@Celevie It's the wrath of nature

[@thestifmyster1]

I dont care about the foreign policy changing just give the Iranian people more freedom.

[@user-up5kh2mz4n]

It means nothing, they’ll replace him with another. There’s no end to the number of clerics there…

[@remy5347]

Well this was clearly just an accident and no foul play was involved at all

[@lipreader411]

I sees what you did there!

[@george.ptauner7767]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaydenmasters2888]

​@@lipreader411How? He's got no lips!

[@ThomasWish]

Ben sneezed before the heli hit hard to the ground.

[@user-jl9qg7wo7q]

He didnt die in a helicopter they killed him

[@Danxethenightaway]

Watch someone say: “The pilot was Israeli” smh

[@GamingGgproYesYouNoob]

the pilot was israeli

[@papakimbetakim4718]

Do u think any president will fly other countries pilot .very rare from Israel they won't even take free mud then alone pilot

[@amazeus1980]

I don’t believe in accidents but you never know... 😂

[@andrewrogers5484]

See! this is a message from God

[@rahulgadi6835]

The foreign minister who wanted to slap Israel.. Got slapped himself..

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

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

[@gregwang8628]

You are not Iranian 😂

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@grijzekijker The scenario looked like Saddam's and Gaddafi's scneario

[@user-wz8xq6xy2i]

He got slapped by the mountain

[@DovesSweetSonnet]

@@grijzekijker WHO was killed by the citizens...??? I mean I had quite a few Iranian followers on Twitter and one sent me a video of the Iranian military LITTERALLY driving through the streets gunning down citizens JUST for PROTESTING the government. It was so very heartbreaking to watch.

[@rorythompson1993]

Lindsey Graham creamed his slacks when he heard the word.

[@donrainesoh]

Girl, me too

[@Mizt_Sim]

Supreme Leader probably had him taken out to make way for his own son, similar to how Saudi Arabia’s crown prince had all his competition silenced and placed under house arrest

[@PkrVlog]

Exactly, New supreme leader’s election is being held in iran soon and analysts, officials and academics close to the political establishment had for some time mentioned both Raisi and current supreme leader Khamenei's son Mojtaba as top contenders. Raisi's death means Mojtaba will now be seen as having a clear path to the top office. So everything is crystal clear.

[@darthbigred22]

The obvious would be Israel or the US. SInce Russia and Iran just signed a defensive pact in March this would be escalation daring them to do something or back down and sue for peace in Ukraine and(or) Gaza...or push to WW3 levels of escalation.

[@kinggamer_15]

Condolences to the helicopter, the trees and the organisms present on the crash site 😢

[@robertodelcampo8898]

You should be a comedian haha😂

[@randumdude5824]

The burrito supreme is the next in line

[@dimitriskarathanasis4230]

Nothing... let's move on.

[@user-cw8sh5jk5r]

God is great

[@andykris7011]

Augurs well for freedom.

[@hakobazatyan6236]

It's up to the presidents of Azerbaijan and Israel

[@PkrVlog]

New supreme leader’s election is being held in iran soon and analysts, officials and academics close to the political establishment had for some time mentioned both Raisi and current supreme leader Khamenei's son Mojtaba as top contenders. Raisi's death means Mojtaba will now be seen as having a clear path to the top office. So everything is crystal clear.

[@Willowy13]

​@@PkrVlog Interesting.

[@castcrus]

Somebody's prayers are answered.

[@johnshaftonpilla1749]

all talk no action just words like everyone before him

[@zevfeistory]

Bring back THE SHAH

[@Battlebunny07]

Indeed a bright future

[@lilianaprina5991]

God punish him for going against Israel...

[@rosemaggard1273]

I was talking to my dad about it and he said it was God's judgement for going against Israel

[@rosemaggard1273]

He should be punished for going against God's holy land

[@Cgopat]

Raisi in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it! Whoo!

[@citycountry7365]

This is a hopeful sign towards democracy and freedom for the Iranian people.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

is Democracy like Boeing missed the two whistleblowers or BoJo fooled his own people to choose Brexit before he run away?

[@perrystuart8035]

read history. we installed a puppet dictator decades ago and the Iranian people got rid of him. they dont want our corrupt way of living.

[@wanders.2023]

NO🏴

[@alcyonem2866]

How do you know, are u Iranian?

[@maxfalconi6995]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PkrVlog]

New supreme leader’s election is being held in iran soon and analysts, officials and academics close to the political establishment had for some time mentioned both Raisi and current supreme leader Khamenei's son Mojtaba as top contenders. Raisi's death means Mojtaba will now be seen as having a clear path to the top office. So everything is crystal clear.

[@rupertcortes3980]

Raisi is no more. What is the planned of USA now?

[@Mike-nf6nf]

Continue to overthrow foreign governments and seize their natural resources, I guess?

[@ethanweeter2732]

The US would go after the Prime Minister who is the real powerful one. What if it was Russia?

[@moosyx]

its not a USA problem

[@grijzekijker]

Biden has no other plans than to persecute his opponent

[@thedaynormajeandied7304]

@@moosyx everything is US problem, via Mossad. Wake up Tinkerbell!

[@mrbond9882]

Lol imagine thinking this is a good thing for that country's people. Now they'll be seperate groups fighting for power. & in regards for advancement, no ones doing buisness there. It is what it is...

[@zeon3123]

I guess he somehow offended Xi Jingping🤔

[@benjaminbethell8912]

So when’s the party

[@OlivePittsOnDesk]

Iran is a lost land. The people need to rise up and claim their human rights. Being a Muslim country, this is unlikely.

[@tujuanberibadahbukanutkpes6690]

God is Good All the time😊

[@dooluv5769]

No, cause there is a white and black plane with red stripe and the word tRump on it flying its owner. Even tho it clipped another plane just a few days ago.

[@Sishirreddy123]

Out of all the choppers ,his chopper should crash ? One must be dumb to believe this an accident

[@Luuuu6789]

No body knows when and why he will die, therefore share kindness with fellow humans whoever they are as long as we are still alive and take care of other creatures and God's beautiful creation. MAY HE GET THE BEST PLACE ON THE DIVINE SIDE. amen.

[@nelsonalibasa4486]

IRAN HAVE A SOCIETY OF STRONG NATIONALITY I DONT THINK THE KIND OF GOVERNMENT WILL CHANGE THEY survive a four decade sanction , in still rising ...the popolace are so supportive.

[@ariamh823]

Bro don't try to speak English when you can't

[@infernaldaedra]

@@ariamh823 you could easily have just read that. He said there are strong nationalist in the country and that it's unlikely to change.

[@descartes2404]

Imo he mistaken strong nationalist with radicalist and conservatist. Both of which held a grip in the country military.

[@infernaldaedra]

@@descartes2404 I doubt he mixed words. What's radical thought to you might be everyday life for them, And vise versa.

[@DovesSweetSonnet]

@@ariamh823 BRO, keep your mouth shut if you can't say something worth reading. Why the heck SHOULDNT he, I'm sure YOU spout off when you want to.

[@joncaplan75]

I’m so fed up of people blaming Israel for this mess

[@RubyBandUSA]

Condolences to John Kerry and Barack Obama

[@Reports.]

Raisi was just a pawn

[@dimitriskarathanasis4230]

NTSB report for Kobe Bryant. NTSB says pilot in deadly crash that killed all 9 aboard, including Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna, was disoriented in clouds... violated flight rules.

[@WhowereEpsteinsclients]

"Regime Change".

[@user-jg1mh1pu1u]

Allah, the merciful, probably punished him, because in his country he caused the death of thousands of muslims.....

[@tuyquienmas]

Fog intifada 😂😂😂

[@independentvoter9973]

The Iranian people deserve a democratically elected President who will lead their country to the prosperity it is capable of and needs. Someone who won't be focused on funding terrorism and building nuclear weapons.

[@runnermcturtle5893]

I am telling you, Allah is a better God than Iran presents Him to the world, and called Raisi to talk about Shahed drones killing innocent Ukrainians.

[@keithdupree9339]

God is not Allah Jesus is his name God in the flesh who came to earth

[@Gilded_07]

@@keithdupree9339 Jesus(phub) is not God, the one you call the "father" in heaven is God (Jehovah, YWHW, Allah), to say Allah is not God is to blaspheme your trinity

[@papasmurf555]

​@@Gilded_07God doesn't exist and DBZ is an overrated anime

[@moosyx]

​@@keithdupree9339GOD the father yes the creator off Jesus

[@moosyx]

@YzovYvoz 👍👍👍😁😁

[@offorjohn]

nothing strange here everybody goes.

[@AfzalKhan-oz7tt]

azer bai jaan and israel direct involved in this murder.

[@ahmedsuleman7334]

Truest words spoken

[@ahmedsuleman7334]

Azerbaijan and israel are strong allies so it is easy to figure out the reality

[@IrradioMan]

yeah, because flying through fog where they couldn't see anything and flying through a bunch of mountains is not a realistic scenario for crashing in their old, crummy helicopter.

[@papimasfuerte4671]

@@IrradioManThen why did the other 2 helicopters flying with them make it safely?

[@rishabhgautam2723]

CIA also

[@desmasic]

At-least interview someone who isn't recording from some cave in Afghanistan, with constant hiccups. I know WSJ doesn't focus on quality, but cmon.

[@theunknownone5312]

no one here knows the truth. Im listening to the cries of my people. Not everybody is happy.

[@gdmoore]

He flew around and found out...

[@PapiDawg]

He thinks he and his country is invincible

[@Mac-ik1sg]

He's confirmed dead af.

[@user-fm8bk4mu7q]

درست فکر میکند ایران یک ابر قدرت هست که اسرائیل رو با خاک یکسان کرد اما اسرائیل جرعت نکرد حمله کنه🇮🇷💪

[@class11ncert28]

Helicopter died That makes me sad

[@NewYorker8312]

I am really going to miss this butcher, I mean this president. Hopefully I’ll get over it soon. OK I’m over it.

[@papasmurf555]

😹😹😹

[@hinaynihorvath3926]

his body has not been found!

[@noahsebastian7690]

Just like kobe bryant had an "accident"

[@SuperMCFIVE]

The Hangman

[@user-ls8on7kn3t]

Karma's a mf

[@arthur-ri4zo]

Don't mess with the God of the Jews. יהוה (YHWH) - The Tetragrammaton The most important and most often written name of God in the Hebrew Bible is יהוה (YHWH, or YHVH), the four-letter name of God, also known as “Tetragrammaton” derives from the prefix tetra- (“four”) and gramma (“letter”). The Hebrew letters are named Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh: יהוה. In English it is written as YHWH, YHVH, or JHVH depending on the transliteration convention that is used. YHWH appears 6,828 times in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. This name is first mentioned in Genesis 2:4 and in English language bibles is traditionally translated as “The LORD”.

[@bort_zdiot]

The 'sorting job' is catching up.🤔

[@johnlowe-tq6ey]

Fog machine

[@gezrod]

Weatherfare

[@class11ncert28]

Fog Fatah

[@AntonioSosa-mw2bz]

Números 24:9 bendito sea quien te bendiga ho Israel y maldito sea quien te maldiga,

[@cococinnamon2236]

Why do I have a feeling that they are going to say that the U.S was involved with the helicopter 🚁 crash

[@kinggamer_15]

Mate, I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@JohnBernard-xw8zo]

Biden and Kerry are so sad.

[@kentyee4138]

What he left behind is his peace no more war. Will they stay in peace. 😔

[@Rakscha-Sun]

He was a psychopathic serial killer, that peace price tag was t o high.

[@ZKh-ht9yo]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Butter_Warrior99]

PACK WATCH!

[@EarnestTargenfyre]

It's time for Iran to become Christian! ✝️ God Works in mysterious ways! My Condolences to Ibrahims Family.

[@kinggamer_15]

HALLELUJAH ✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️

[@rosemaggard1273]

Preach!

[@stronglight5528]

Change, that's why iran likely knocked him off

[@nicam270]

Kobe….. 🏀 🚁

[@monaliza3334]

Means nothing. There will be another president...

[@usforcessupporter]

He messed with Israel. You don't mess with Israel

[@Moe-wq9gi]

Wow BURRITO SUPREME VS. CHIPOTLE CHICKEN 🍗🐔🍗

[@sebastianwhalin743]

Chipotle

[@bones3826]

Only the good die young unless you live in Iran.

[@AyubMsalih]

Thet riminds me of the prisdent of iraq in 1966 he died just like raese

[@fatbowe]

EN SHALA🎉

[@70sfred1]

I guess it was an " accident" ?

[@RosemaryZ]

Our condolences to the Iranian people 😢

[@Rufies]

I don't think there are many Iranians in deep mourning right now

[@HonorV2ultimate1tb]

was there future?

[@cococinnamon2236]

0:23 hey I didn’t know that Raisi was a Republican supporter

[@keithdupree9339]

Praise God

[@kngaihtea1503]

I prefer one bottle milk than Mr Ebrahim raisi,because I don't know what Ebrahim rai😮😂

[@StudioCityCa]

『Where's The Party?』 Sung By Madonna Working monday through friday Takes up all of my time If I can get to the weekend Everything will work out just fine That's when I can go crazy That's when I can have fun Time to be with my baby Time to come undone Where's the party, I want to free my soul Where's the party, I want to lose control Where's the party, I want to free my soul Where's the party, I want to lose control Couldn't wait to get older Thought I'd have so much fun Guess I'm one of the grown-ups Now I have to get the job done People give me the business I'm not living in fear I'm just living in chaos Gotta get away from here Where's the party, I want to free my soul Where's the party, I want to lose control Where's the party, I want to free my soul Where's the party, I want to lose control Don't want to grow old too fast Don't want to let the system get me down I've got to find a way to make the good times last And if you'll show me how I'm ready now Slow down you move too fast Gonna make the good times last Gonna let my hair hang down I'm ready now Slow down you move too fast Gonna make the good times last Gonna let my hair hang down I'm ready now Where's the party Where's the party, someone tell me Where's the party, come on, come on, come on Where's the party Don't want to grow old too fast Don't want to let the system get me down I've got to find a way to make the good times last And if you'll show me how I'm ready now Where's the party, I want to free my soul Where's the party, I want to lose control Where's the party, I want to free my soul Where's the party, I want to lose control Slow down you move too fast Gonna make the good times last Gonna let my hair hang down I'm ready now Slow down you move too fast Gonna make the good times last Gonna let my hair hang down I'm ready now Where's the party Where's the party, someone tell me Where's the party, come on, come on, come on Where's the party We can make it all right We can make you dance We can make a party last all night We can make it all right We can make you dance We can make a party last all night

[@johnjeffreytracyfigueroa1776]

Hoping for the next Iranian Leader will be focus on developement and propesperity of the Country. A leader who's Anti-war. Instead, will lead Iran to its economic growth. A leader who will change the face of Iran as peaceful Islam country, not an Islam country whos supports Terrorist!

[@SuperStokvis]

No more sanctions. We want a level playing field

[@magentamagenta1274]

Must have been the Houthis!

[@roland8188]

To Allah we belong and to Allah we shall return 🤲🏾

[@zahidmehmood7747]

You are lying paid anchor