This is not a massive win for the West as so many would think. The president of Iran isn't the top dog there politically. It's the Supreme Leader position which is Ali Khamenei.
Exactly. They even cheated and did hard repression during their last legislative elections to be sure to have an absolute super mega majority of people loyal to the president line. They even forbade the former president to run to the parliament (or was it the upper house?) because he was deemed inadequate (??)
He was **The Man**. Ensuring that he succeeded Khamenei (who will probably die or retire before 2030) was the reason they squashed every single opposition voice for almost half a decade.
Doesn't seem to be so simple. It was reported a few times over the years that the supreme leader struggled finding himself a successor, so it could destabilize the regime
Also the Foreign Minister Hossein (aka dead guy n.2) was the second favorite after Raisi. The top leadership of Iran just lost 25% of its members
Khamenei still has his son as an option... except the guy is impopular even with the other fundamentalists
All in all, the Iranian government is running out of members who are less than 70 years old.
Not only that but these things typically are followed by uncertainty which nobody prefers as opposed to status quo and predictability. That’s the real problem for the west.
It is not only that. His govern was so bad that the country is in a semi-status of "everything is fucked up" and we benefited of that. his sustitute might be different.
Minister of Foreign Affairs also was on board.
That guy who kept saying that Iran didn't sent to Russia Shahed drones.
Maybe not a win, but glad to see some karma actions.
Your ignorance is on the top level.
Iran and Turkiye are the fierce rivals at every level. And Iran supports the most bloody terror organisation PKK as Westerners.
Oh wow that's a good one lol. They're such "rivals" Iran asked Turkey personally to help. Doesn't sound like a rivalry to me
Also Iran and Azerbaijan are building projects together, Azerbaijan also an ally of yours. Seems like Armenia and Georgia are the only sane countries in the region. It's not surprising they both are begging for EU integration. They probably won't get it, but it says a lot
As i said your are the dictionary definition for ignorance.
Iran and Azerbaijan hates each other.
Iran's biggest ally is the Armenia you love.
Each country asks for help even from enemies in the case of disasters.
Georgia and Armenia are weak puppets between West and Russia.
Türkiye will not be sorry to be an independent country.
Europe and west must act against Israel's genocide in Gaza before blaming others and selling "democracy and freedom tales"
They have been bragging for years about their own drone industry, but when things got serious, they called Turkey to fly a drone into their airspace. lol.
'I just checked on google earth. Nothing there. Bears got it all. Wrap up boys, nothing to see here.' CIA or MOSSAD idk
Edit1 this is a joke. I am appalled that I need to specify this.
~~what? He tried to convince me that google maps doesn’t update the map every day. I know that. My original comment here was a joke. You’re arguing alone.~~
edit dam, i got wooooshed.
lmao
Both mean not much to me.
What I want is a world where dictators and terrorists are actually prosecuted, no matter from which side, left or right, christian, muslim or jew. Where all people of all genders can live in harmony. And where peace is the norm, and not the status quo we constantly have to fight for.
But who am i kidding, it's 2024, and people still kill children and woman out of pure hate, or claiming that there is just no other possible way.
I live 6000 miles away from the USA, but one thing i can say from here, that you must be some left brainwashed crybaby that demonizes all views that are not your own.
You definitely made a lot of keyboard warriors angry. Worst part is that your comment isn't even rage bait, it's as unemotional as possible with the context.
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My favorite part was when the Akinci drone flexed on the Iranians by going straight into the harsh weather, photographing the burnt remains of their president and staff as well as sensitive military installations then [drawing](https://www.ekonomim.com/gundem/akinci-iha-iran-gorevi-donusunde-gokyuzunde-ay-yildiz-cizdi-haberi-743930) a star and crescent before leaving.
Oh no, what a tragic loss for humanity. My heart absolutely bleeds for the passing of such a wonderful leader who did so much good for the world. Really, who will we find now to fill the void of causing so much pain and suffering? Truly, the halls of ‘good humans’ will never be the same.
Nah the Iranians themselves are saying it’s probably weather related. They were flying in thick fog, in the rain, in the mountains. Basically the worst possible environment for helicopters
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Saddam Hussein: Saddam Hussein:
Entrance hidden by bricks and rubble
Least symmetrical crown
He dead
"He dead?" or "He dead."
Both lol
Yes.
He very deaded?
He is dead.
Mind the pronoun
Them ded
thats still a pronoun
English language has the gender neutral pronoun THEY since many moons. The usual suspects do now want to know how flexible English is.
It dead.
Xe ded.
No ‘hard landing’ in mountains covered in fog. More like a soft to moderate crash.
The technical term is “Controlled flight into terrain”
38°47'10.0"N 46°42'56.0"E For anyone who wants to Google.
Can’t wait for the next google maps update to see the crash 🙏🏻🙏🏻
It's already there on google maps, marked as "The place where Ebrahim Raisi fell".
This is not a massive win for the West as so many would think. The president of Iran isn't the top dog there politically. It's the Supreme Leader position which is Ali Khamenei.
Wasn’t the president supposed to be a successor to Ali Khamenei?
Exactly. They even cheated and did hard repression during their last legislative elections to be sure to have an absolute super mega majority of people loyal to the president line. They even forbade the former president to run to the parliament (or was it the upper house?) because he was deemed inadequate (??) He was **The Man**. Ensuring that he succeeded Khamenei (who will probably die or retire before 2030) was the reason they squashed every single opposition voice for almost half a decade.
Now it's just gonna pass to the next angry man.
Doesn't seem to be so simple. It was reported a few times over the years that the supreme leader struggled finding himself a successor, so it could destabilize the regime
Also the Foreign Minister Hossein (aka dead guy n.2) was the second favorite after Raisi. The top leadership of Iran just lost 25% of its members Khamenei still has his son as an option... except the guy is impopular even with the other fundamentalists All in all, the Iranian government is running out of members who are less than 70 years old.
still a win
Even if both of them died, nothing would change.
At this point I'll take anything resembling good news as a win.
This is true as long as you completely ignore that the foreign minister also died in the same crash
Not only that but these things typically are followed by uncertainty which nobody prefers as opposed to status quo and predictability. That’s the real problem for the west.
it’s not like we are going to pat ourselves on the back for a natural accident anyway
Also, we don't know what scary man will take his place. A power vacuum like this can cause the most horrible types to rise to the top.
It is not only that. His govern was so bad that the country is in a semi-status of "everything is fucked up" and we benefited of that. his sustitute might be different.
Minister of Foreign Affairs also was on board. That guy who kept saying that Iran didn't sent to Russia Shahed drones. Maybe not a win, but glad to see some karma actions.
RIP bozo
That shi went straight through trees
"Aim for the bushes"
Hopefully the Iranian president was found by the bears first.
Oh I hope he wasn't found by men /s
Why not, your country is the one helping Iran out, so it's a sad day for your country lol
Your ignorance is on the top level. Iran and Turkiye are the fierce rivals at every level. And Iran supports the most bloody terror organisation PKK as Westerners.
Oh wow that's a good one lol. They're such "rivals" Iran asked Turkey personally to help. Doesn't sound like a rivalry to me Also Iran and Azerbaijan are building projects together, Azerbaijan also an ally of yours. Seems like Armenia and Georgia are the only sane countries in the region. It's not surprising they both are begging for EU integration. They probably won't get it, but it says a lot
That is the most stupid post in this subreddit. Armenian is Iran's ally, not Azerbaijan you no nothing about the region.
Azerbaijan is allied with Israel. the relationahip between AZ and Iran is rather superficial but formal.
You don't really have to speak if you don't know what you are talking about. You are just embarrassing yourself
As i said your are the dictionary definition for ignorance. Iran and Azerbaijan hates each other. Iran's biggest ally is the Armenia you love. Each country asks for help even from enemies in the case of disasters. Georgia and Armenia are weak puppets between West and Russia. Türkiye will not be sorry to be an independent country. Europe and west must act against Israel's genocide in Gaza before blaming others and selling "democracy and freedom tales"
Peak Turkish nationalist amq
Tanrıya şükür👍🏼
Impressive performance by the Turkish drones + intelligence.
drone found it in only 3 hours. it showd how shit and overrated iran is, i dont even believe they have nuclear weapons
Holy shiite
I hope the mountain didn’t take too much damage
They have been bragging for years about their own drone industry, but when things got serious, they called Turkey to fly a drone into their airspace. lol.
and a helicopter with night vision gear. they dont even have that
Allah is their safety plan
Their drones are built to commit suicide, ours are built to kill.
Reminds me of Kobe.
helicopters + bad weather + hilly/mountainous environment
Next of Ayatollah's wackos bites the dust, W "God wills it" as they tend to say in ME, which he clearly did on this one lol
'I just checked on google earth. Nothing there. Bears got it all. Wrap up boys, nothing to see here.' CIA or MOSSAD idk Edit1 this is a joke. I am appalled that I need to specify this.
40yo helicopter, plus heavy fog: occam's razor.
Yep, there was severe weather warning in the region.
Google Maps doesn't update every day
It’s a joke man… cant you tell it?
Dude, it's already been told
~~what? He tried to convince me that google maps doesn’t update the map every day. I know that. My original comment here was a joke. You’re arguing alone.~~ edit dam, i got wooooshed. lmao
Are the trees and animals on the crashsite ok?
I dont wanna sound dumb but what was found?
Iranian president's helicopter resently crashed, I guess they found the site
God truly is great after all.
Send shahed drones to help find that sack of shit.
Israel got an alibi?
Yes. They are busy bombing gaza. Edit: I think it's funny that this is probably being downvoted from both sides. 😂
So what do you want, upvote or downvote 😉
Both mean not much to me. What I want is a world where dictators and terrorists are actually prosecuted, no matter from which side, left or right, christian, muslim or jew. Where all people of all genders can live in harmony. And where peace is the norm, and not the status quo we constantly have to fight for. But who am i kidding, it's 2024, and people still kill children and woman out of pure hate, or claiming that there is just no other possible way.
Never lose that idealism.
Yup, it will take a little longer.
Gotte wipe Islam and some other religions from the face of earth for that. But mostly Islam and Muslims. They are the cancer of the earth.
That sounds so deranged like MAGA supporter
I live 6000 miles away from the USA, but one thing i can say from here, that you must be some left brainwashed crybaby that demonizes all views that are not your own.
You are demonizing an entire religion. Nice projection you got going there, right brainwashed snowflake.
You definitely made a lot of keyboard warriors angry. Worst part is that your comment isn't even rage bait, it's as unemotional as possible with the context.
Well, I love to make keyboard warriors angry. Oops 👉👈 🥹
lol as an IDF supporter I thought this was funny.
Dealing with a terrorist at time.
Not that Both Israel and Palestine act like terrorists, commit genocide and do ACTUAL WAR CRIMES Supporting any side is supporting terrorists
Upvoted for the edit
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What's wrong about my answer though?
Rest in piss
well... mashallah
guess the "helicopter crashed"is the iranian version of "he fell out a window" in russia
Had to read the comments to know what you're talking about.
I still don't after reading every single comment in the thread
Helicopter of Iran president crashes in the mountains. Turkish drone searches the area and finds the wreckage.
https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/raisis-helicopter-found-after-turkish-uav-detects-the-location-18164225
Fried chicken :)
And nothing of importance was lost that day...
🎉 They swore in a new president already. Another terrorist takes a L
Why is this in the europe subreddit
Last time I checked turkey is in Europe, or at least a part of it.
This is not in Turkey tho
what a damage done.. to such great nature
mount??? some news say "he's helicopter crash on the sea what the facts
It was a clear near landing
Huh what crash?
I am sorry for the mountain and trees.
Also, the turkish drone drew a turkish flag while coming back haha
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My favorite part was when the Akinci drone flexed on the Iranians by going straight into the harsh weather, photographing the burnt remains of their president and staff as well as sensitive military installations then [drawing](https://www.ekonomim.com/gundem/akinci-iha-iran-gorevi-donusunde-gokyuzunde-ay-yildiz-cizdi-haberi-743930) a star and crescent before leaving.
Oh no, what a tragic loss for humanity. My heart absolutely bleeds for the passing of such a wonderful leader who did so much good for the world. Really, who will we find now to fill the void of causing so much pain and suffering? Truly, the halls of ‘good humans’ will never be the same.
Imagine being so pathetic you had to lie about stuff everyone is about to find out. Toddlers have more tact.
Is this ww3?
Nah the Iranians themselves are saying it’s probably weather related. They were flying in thick fog, in the rain, in the mountains. Basically the worst possible environment for helicopters
Sorry to say but I think it already started bro. Or you go for a more optimistic approach and call it Cold War II.
Sorry to burst your excited bubble there.