Breaking news: Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Crashed and is missing (Edit: Iran President Ebrahim Raisi dead at age 63)

[Professor Emeritus]

I was thinking about this, as the US is trying to get a 3-way deal that involves Saudis-Israel having talks, a path to a Palestinian State and some stuff for the US. Maybe this person wouldn't be down with this plan.

Iran is a major enemy of all three of USA, Saudi, and Israel, so why would Iran's president have anything to say about that?


If this incident has any foreign involvement (which I doubt, considering weather conditions), then the first motive I'd assume is simple revenge/punishment rather than any specific strategic aim. It's hard to imagine whoever replaces this guy being in a position to be "softer" on Iran's enemies immediately after one of Iran's enemies was killed.

 

[88m3]

I was thinking about this, as the US is trying to get a 3-way deal that involves Saudis-Israel having talks, a path to a Palestinian State and some stuff for the US. Maybe this person wouldn't be down with this plan.

He was put in place by the Ayatollah he doesn't hold real power. I can't remember if it was f24 or the NYT but one of their guests speculated that maybe he had hoped to replace Khamenei when he died but idk enough about their internal process. He wasn't a very pleasant person from what I take it.


edit: also they're all likely dead if they even survived the crash, I'm pretty sure I saw snow in some of videos they're playing

 

[intra vires]

I was basically going to type some version of this:


Here's a longer chain with informed speculation of the possible fallout:

Spoiler: rest of chain

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

 

[88m3]

wonder if they're going to put him on a t-shirt

ISIS is going to troll the hell out Iran and claim responsibility

 

[88m3]

Yeah this man was a complete pos. Good riddance

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Updated: Dead at age 63

 

[Noriega]

Iran state media originally tried to call it a “hard landing”

 

[Noriega]

WW3 Incoming

Said by every Coli geopolitical analyst after any major political or military development in the world

 

[[Something Cool]]

Oh joy, just when the region was getting some stability. I don’t think this changes anything, the Clerics still vet however replaces him. If they aren’t on the same page then that may be something.

 

[Return of the Jedi]

The world's a better place without him. He was a brutal Islamist dictator that had dissenters and women that didn't want to wear hijabs executed by the state. He supported Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine by selling them arms, plunged the Iranian people into deeper economic despair, and destabilized the Middle East by supporting Shia proxies across Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon.

I know Israel isn't popular on this forum; I get it. Doesn't mean Iran or its regime are "the good guys". Not by a longshot.

 

[Micky Mikey]

The world's a better place without him. He was a brutal Islamist dictator that had dissenters and women that didn't want to wear hijabs executed by the state. He supported Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine by selling them arms, plunged the Iranian people into deeper economic despair, and destabilized the Middle East by supporting Shia proxies across Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon.

I know Israel isn't popular on this forum; I get it. Doesn't mean Iran or its regime are "the good guys". Not by a longshot.

And to think he was actually considered to be a moderate by Iran's standards

 

[hashmander]

Iran state media originally tried to call it a “hard landing”

well they technically did land hard, just didn't say how hard ... made a depression in the earth and get obliterated hard.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

mfs IRL have been like "maybe putin isn't as bad as they say he is" s2g, we live in strange times

Word

 

[Hood Critic]

The world's a better place without him. He was a brutal Islamist dictator that had dissenters and women that didn't want to wear hijabs executed by the state. He supported Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine by selling them arms, plunged the Iranian people into deeper economic despair, and destabilized the Middle East by supporting Shia proxies across Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon.

I know Israel isn't popular on this forum; I get it. Doesn't mean Iran or its regime are "the good guys". Not by a longshot.

This is the impact I'm interested in seeing going forward.