What Happened? Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the Governor of the East Azerbaijan Province Malek Rahmati, Tabriz’ Imam Mohammad Ali Alehashem, and others died in a helicopter crash in the Dizmar forest, nestled between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in East Azerbaijan Province. Occurring on Sunday, May 19, first reports called the tragedy a “hard landing” in foggy weather in a mountainous region.
According to RT, Ebrahim Raisi was returning from a meeting with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. The two leaders had participated in an opening ceremony at the “Gyz Galasy” dam (translated from Azerbaijani as “Maiden Tower”) on the border between their countries. The heads of state visited various sections of the dam and were briefed on the details of construction and its benefits. There were three helicopters carrying the entourage, but the only one that went down was Raisi’s and his high-level companions’. Initial reports were inconsistent. Viz. Conflicting reports then surfaced, many of which turned out to be false. Initially, it was reported that the president and all others on board had survived and were en route to Tabriz in a motorcade. This was later contradicted; there was a later false claim that contact had been made with some passengers and that rescue teams were heading to the crash site.
Ebrahim Raisi
Hossein Amir Abdollahian
The victims, according to Al-Jazeera were flying in a U.S.-made Bell-212 machine. Because of American sanctions, U.S. spare parts, even those connected with safety, have been withheld from Iranian aviation. This has caused aircraft to fall out of the sky with passengers aboard.
Bell-212
What Was the Reaction? Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation immediately offered assistance in locating the downed helicopter. This included two advanced aircraft, various helicopters, and 50 professional mountain rescuers, according to the semi-official news agency Tasnim. In contrast, as Al-Jazeera noted, “Sources at the State Department have said they are aware of reports of the helicopter going down…But beyond that, the State Department didn’t have any comment on the situation…”
One of the plethora of simpletons in the U.S. Congress gloated over the crash. Mike Waltz (R-Fla., 6th District) appeared to welcome the news. Al-Jazeera quoted him as saying “Good riddance…But look for the Iranian regime to blame Israel and the US for an assassination as another excuse to support terrorism.”
Sami Nader of the Levant Institute on Strategic Affairs said that the crash comes as a real shock to the people of Lebanon. Continuing, he opined that “This event comes at a very critical moment with what the region is going through, because of what’s happening in Gaza”, he told Al-Jazeera. Moreover, he commented “Let’s recall as well that it comes at a moment where the negotiations concerning the nuclear deal are facing a dead end…”
And Remarks from the Illegitimate Apartheid Entity?
IDF dancing at news of Raisi et al deaths (Courtesy Maisoon Rice)
United With Israel wrote:
On the confirmation of the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Sunday’s helicopter crash, several rabbis in Israel declared that the death of the enemy of Israel was an act of divine retribution.
Rabbi Meir Abutbul took to Facebook to condemn “the hangman of Tehran.”
Rabbi Abtbul wrote, “This dog wanted to hang Jews, so God scattered him to the winds in a helicopter crash, him and his entire Israel-hating crew.”
Kabbalist Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi warned Iran to “Have mercy on yourselves, God said enough is enough, You have angered Him.”
Rabbi Yitzchak Batzri likened Raisi to the Persian villain Haman who, in the Biblical Book of Esther, attempted to have all of the Jews in the kingdom killed but ended up being hanged on his own gallows.
Rabbi Batzri announced on Facebook, “Haman the wicked was hurt in a helicopter accident.”
He then rejoiced over the incident and quoted the verse, “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.”
Rabbi David Chai Hacohen, dean of the Netivot Hatora yeshiva in Bat Yam, took the analogy to Haman further and said that, just on holidays and days of Thanksgiving, the “Tachnun” or confessional prayer should be omitted from services to praise God for the demise of a “special hater of Israel.”
Rabbi HaCohen said, “The President was a very ‘special’ hater of Israel, and he was the greatest of all the Iranians.”
He added, “May it be God’s will that the wolves in the forest where he fell will eat him.”
Comparing Raisi to Haman, Rabbi HaCohen said, “This is good news for the Jewish people. Even more than Haman – if we make a festive meal on the day he was killed – then even more so, we should not say Tachanun.”
He explained, “It is mentioned in the Mishna Berura that on the first day of the intermediate days of Passover he (Haman) was hanged, and therefore we should add a special dish.”
Unknown & Unknowable Rabbis
And Raisi’s Offense that so Inflamed the Zebrews? He had sparked Zionist outrage by asking for a deeper investigation of the so-called Holocaust (which some call the HoloHoax, being short of real proof and tied as it is to the sacred Jewish number 6). He also asserted that “the only resolution to the Palestinian conflict would be a state from the river to the sea.” American Jews see this as “antisemitism”.
COMMENT. Sarah McClendon, the journalist from Tyler, Texas, always said that there are no coincidences. And she was and is right, especially regarding the mysterious deaths of Ebrahim Raisi and his party.
· Only one of the three helicopters crashed, and only the one with its high-value passengers. The other two, facing the same bad weather and mountainous terrain, landed safely
· It’s Israel’s way of upping the ante for Iran’s raid of April 13-14 (view of noted African journalist)
· Raisi had met with the Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliyev, a staunch Zionist supporter hosting Israeli bases in his country (comment by same African journalist)
· Very strong symbolism—Israel can hit the very top of the Iranian government (also same African journalist)
· The Jewish retaliation for Iran’s April revenge in their bombing of the Islamic Republic’s embassy in Damascus was only a ridiculous, failed drone attack on Isfahan
· Do the ZioNazis do things only half-way?
I believe the issue will be Iran’s outlook.
In an interview some time back, PressTV once warned me not to link the bombing of Beirut’s port with Israel. Will this be more of the same? Overlooking a clear and vicious attack on Arabs, Muslims, and Christians in what was once the Switzerland of the Middle East? Didn’t the Islamic Republic ignore the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 with its 290 passengers by the USS Vincennes? And what was done about the joint US-Israel murder of General Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad’s airport? Was there any retaliation? And the shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, attributed to nervous Iranian air defense staff? (This was just days after General Soleimani’s assassination. Most likely, US and Zionist electronic countermeasures spoofed the Islamic Republic’s anti-aircraft systems.) Naturally, no government would admit to such a catastrophic manipulation.
Up till now, Iran has always played a cool hand, waiting and never reacting to provocations that might destroy the country. Will the country’s remaining leaders strike back? Will they arrange for Genocide Joe’s airplane to drop from the air? And Satanyahu? Will he be subject to an errant missile hitting his house while he’s in it?
Or will the Islamic Republic “hit ‘em where they ain’t”? An explosion aboard a large, valuable US warship? Blown up Baltimore or New York harbor tunnels? Collapsing bridges? An electronic attack on the American electric grid? Or a mysterious blast at one of the Israeli Entity’s nuclear sites? Sunken German-gifted, nuclear missile capable Israeli submarines? Unusual deaths of Zionist politicians?
Several of these events occurring in short order—and in perfect silence, with no crowing, would get Iran’s point across. And teach a bit of sanity to those with serious mental problems.
J. Michael Springmann is an attorney, author, political commentator, and former diplomat, with postings to Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia. He previously authored, Visas for Al Qaeda: CIA Handouts That Rocked the World: An Insider’s View, recounting how the U.S. created and used Islamic Terrorism. Additionally, he penned Goodbye, Europe? Hello, Chaos? Merkel’s Migrant Bomb, an analysis of the alien wave sweeping the Continent. He currently practices law in the Washington D.C. Area. Internationally recognized as a knowledgeable pundit, he is a frequent commentator on Arab, Iranian, and Russian news programs.
Blacklisted by the US news media, he is also on the Ukraine’s “Enemies List”, having questioned, inter alia, that country’s refusal to honor the Minsk Accords and for stating that its government is Nazified.
You're right. Iran is not evil but the US/Zionist propaganda is so effective at demonizing the country and its people. In so doing, it makes people afraid to speak out. The lies about Iran ignore its 5,000 year history. They are far more civilized than the Americans.
4 Likes. No comments. The silence speaks volumes.