Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, has repeatedly used the terms “butcher” and “murderer” to describe Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, who died May 19, 2024 in a helicopter crash. But a video circulating online in which he appears to be holding a sign saying, “The Butcher of Iran will not be missed” has […]
The helicopter carrying Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi caught fire soon after it crashed into a mountain and there was no sign it had been attacked, state media reported. The statement from the general staff of the armed forces in charge of investigating the crash was read out on Iranian state television late on Thursday. […]
Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last weekend, was laid to rest in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday. Raisi was buried next to the mausoleum of the eighth Shiite Imam Reza in Mashhad, state broadcaster IRIB reported. It is considered the most important Shia shrine in Iran. Three […]
Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash at the weekend, was laid to rest in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday. Raisi was buried next to the mausoleum of the eighth Shiite Imam Reza in Mashhad, state broadcaster IRIB reported. It is considered the most important Shia shrine in Iran. […]
Ebrahim Raisi, the late Iranian president who died in a helicopter crash at the weekend, is to be buried in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday as mass mourning ceremonies continue in the country. Raisi is to be laid to rest at the city’s shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam of Shia Islam. […]
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash at the weekend, is to be buried in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday. Raisi is to be laid to rest at the city’s shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam of Shia Islam. High-ranking representatives of friendly states are expected to attend, including […]
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash at the weekend, is to be buried in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday. Raisi is to be laid to rest at the city’s shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam of Shia Islam. High-ranking representatives of friendly states are expected to attend, including […]
The head of the Hamas terror group travelled to Iran for its late president’s funeral where he implored Muslims to help liberate Palestinians and met with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader. Khamenei led prayers on Wednesday for Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday alongside Iran’s foreign minister and […]
The women of Iran are dancing. Women blinded, with one eye, or one arm, are dancing. Iranian Kurds are dancing. Across Europe, Iranian dissidents are dancing. Iranians – often, relatives of the regime’s victims – are drinking to show their joy. The daughters of Minoo Majidi, a mother shot dead by security services during the 2022 […]
Millions of mourners flocked to a funeral procession in Tehran on Wednesday after the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident, footage from Iran’s state television showed. The broadcaster showed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leading a prayer ceremony in front of the victim’s coffins. The procession then made its […]
Funeral ceremonies have begun in Iran for president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other victims of Sundays helicopter crash. Thousands of government supporters flocked to the start of the ceremony in the north-western city of Tabriz on Tuesday to bid farewell, state media reported. Further mourning ceremonies are planned in the religious stronghold […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions had worsened aviation safety. Iranian media reported that images from the site showed the U.S.-made Bell 212 helicopter on which Raisi was travelling slammed into a mountain peak, although there […]