NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Two teens were arrested Wednesday night after reportedly holding a person at gunpoint and stealing their SUV. The alleged carjacking happened in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Due West Avenue in Madison, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. An MNPD helicopter crew began tracking the stolen vehicle […]
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Iran buries late president at holy Shiite site after fatal helicopter crash
Iran interred late president Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation on Thursday, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him along with the country’s foreign minister and six others. Mourners lowered Mr Raisi’s remains into a tomb at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, where Shiite Islam’s eighth imam is buried […]
Iran begins burying late president and others killed in helicopter crash
Iran was preparing to inter its late president at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in the Islamic Republic, in a final sign of respect for a protege of the country’s supreme leader killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. President Ebrahim Raisi’s burial at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad caps days of […]
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Iran’s supreme leader leads prayers for president killed in helicopter crash
Iran’s supreme leader has presided over a funeral for the country’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, as tens of thousands later followed a procession of their caskets through Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in Iranian flags […]
Expert provides insight into suspected cause of helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and other officials died in a helicopter crash Sunday near Iran’s northern border with Azerbaijan, Iranian state media said Monday morning. The helicopter was part of a convoy of three helicopters returning from an event inaugurating a joint dam project when it crashed in heavy fog in […]
Questions swirl over cause of Iran helicopter crash as ex-FM blames US sanctions
icon Semafor Signals Supported by Microsoft logo Insights from Bloomberg, Iran International, and the Financial Times Arrow Down Title icon The News The cause of a helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has not been determined — but Iran’s former foreign minister blamed US sanctions on aviation parts for the incident, allegations the […]
Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran’s president killed in helicopter crash
Mourners have started gathering for days of funerals and processions for Iran’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash. The Iranian government-led series of ceremonies is aimed at both honouring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East. For Iran’s Shiite theocracy, mass demonstrations have been crucial since millions […]
What next for Iran’s government after death of president in helicopter crash?
The death of Iran’s president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in the country’s ruling system or to its overarching policies, which are decided by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, was seen as a prime candidate to succeed the 85-year-old supreme leader, […]
US says Iran asked for help after helicopter crash
STORY: :: US says Iran asked for assistance after a helicopter carrying its president crashed :: Washington, D.C. :: May 20, 2024 :: Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson “We were asked for assistance by the Iranian government. We did make clear then that we would offer assistance, as we would do, in response to […]
Crashed Iranian helicopter was US-made and may be so old it predates the 1979 Islamic Revolution
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash aboard a US-made Bell 212, according to reports. The helicopter was between 40 and 50 years of age, experts told Reuters, based on available data. US sanctions may have prevented Iran from adequately maintaining the helicopter, one analyst said. The helicopter that crashed on Sunday with Iran’s […]
Mitch McConnell slams “Western admirers” offering condolences for Iranian President Raisi dying in a helicopter crash.
Last night Iran confirmed that its president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash. The condolences from sympathetic regimes were swift. The PRC declared that the Chinese people had lost a good friend. The Kremlin mourned a reliable partner and Prime Minister Orban of Hungary, whose government has pursued deeper trade relations with Tehran […]