{"id":2248285,"date":"2024-05-19T23:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-sign-of-life-at-crash-site-of-helicopter-carrying-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-state-media\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:24:12","slug":"no-sign-of-life-at-crash-site-of-helicopter-carrying-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-state-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-sign-of-life-at-crash-site-of-helicopter-carrying-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-state-media\/","title":{"rendered":"State media reports no signs of life at the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-sign-of-life-at-crash-site-of-helicopter-carrying-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-state-media%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is feared dead after a helicopter crash \u200cin\u2063 East \u2064Azerbaijan province as \u200breported by Iranian state media. Raisi, 63, had been\u200c in \u2064office since \u200cAugust\u200c 2021\u200b and \u200cwas considered a potential successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The helicopter incident occurred during a visit with Azeri counterpart Ilham \u2064Aliyev at the Qiz Qalasi dam inauguration. \u200bIranian President Ebrahim Raisi is feared dead following a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan province, according to Iranian state media.\u200b Raisi, aged\u200b 63, assumed \u2062office in \u2064August 2021 and was seen as a \u2062potential successor to Ayatollah\u2063 Ali Khamenei. The tragic incident took place during a visit \u2063with Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev at the Qiz Qalasi dam inauguration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iranian<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ebrahim-raisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> is believed to be dead after a helicopter he was on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3009261\/helicopter-iran-president-hard-landing-state-tv-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>crashed<\/a> in the Islamic Republic\u2019s East Azerbaijan province. Iranian state media reported Monday morning local time that there was \u201cno sign of life\u201d at the crash site.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi, 63, had been serving as Iran\u2019s president since August 2021 and was widely seen as a successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>In this photo provided by Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi takes off at the Iranian border with Azerbaijan after President Raisi and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev inaugurated dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying President Raisi suffered a \u201chard landing\u201d on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. (Ali Hamed Haghdoust\/IRNA via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Others on board the helicopter were Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, East Azerbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, and Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, Khamenei\u2019s representative to East Azerbaijan. Iranian state media reported on Sunday that the rotorcraft had suffered a \u201chard landing.\u201d It wasn\u2019t until hours later that any news about their statuses was given.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi was in the region meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, where the two leaders announced a collaborative dam project.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan\u2019s Presidential Press Office, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, shakes hands with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev during their meeting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-look-at-strategy-preparation-behind-inauguration-security\/\" title=\"A look at strategy, preparation behind inauguration security\">inauguration ceremony<\/a> of dam of Qiz Qalasi, or Castel of Girl in Azeri, at the border of Iran and Azerbaijan, Sunday, May 19, 2024. A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a \u201chard landing\u201d on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The crash came as Raisi and the Iranian government launched a drone and missile strike on Israel last month and are closer than ever to enriching uranium to weapons grade.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The helicopter was missing for hours after the crash, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-airlines-cancels-more-than-1-8k-flights\/\" title=\"Southwest Airlines cancels more than 1.8K flights\">bad weather conditions<\/a> such as heavy fog hampering the effort to locate it.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber is next in line for the presidency. The Iranian constitution says that in case of the president\u2019s death or incapacity, the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> will take over and assume the functions of the president until an election is held within a maximum period of 50 days. There are several vice presidents in Iran\u2019s government serving at the same time, but Mokhber serves as the first one. He was appointed to the position by Raisi in August 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s President Ebrahim Raisi is feared dead following a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan province. State media confirmed &#8220;no sign of life&#8221; at the crash site. 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