Copter carrying Iran president crashes in bad weather - UPDATE No survivors

[Artos]

On the helicopter, why didn't the Iranians just buy new choppers from China or the Russians? It's like like those countries would comply with the embargo anyway right?

I asked the same thing when I heard the report...said they quit making that bird in the late 90's & had no confirmation what year the one that went down even was.

Makes ya wonder what the fire was to make a rash decision to go out in crap weather after hearing that.

[Artos]

Gonna be a who's who of thuggery at this funeral.

[Diamondback]

Gonna be a who's who of thuggery at this funeral.

Great place for a non-American counterpart to the SDB. Maybe they get lucky and frag Khamenei too.

[ABNAK]

Gonna be a who's who of thuggery at this funeral.

Who knows, maybe an aircraft that is undetectable by radar will be able to put a few well-placed 2000lb JDAMs on the party? That'd be a damn shame I tell ya.....

[SteyrAUG]

The UN headquarters in NYC has just lowered its flag to half-mast in tribute to a man literally known as the Butcher of Tehran.

The men, women and children he murdered receive nary a mention from the same institution.

https://www.un.org/en/delegate/lower...tuesday-21-may

On Tuesday, 21 May 2024, the UN Flag will be lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect for the passing of His Excellency Mr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. All offices and duty stations are encouraged to lower their flags on this occasion.