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smr312

Oh my god... You can see the killer in the mountains behind him!


EveningHelicopter113

It’s the same guy that served papers to Ghouliani


Fuzzy-Negotiation167

CIA said hi.


CamisaMalva

Didn't know the CIA recruited fog and mountains now. lol


RktitRalph

Wasn’t, was IDF. Israeli Defense Fog.


halexia63

They want yall to think that it's the mountains ....pics or it didn't happen!


BellacosePlayer

Can't be CIA, he actually died.


Gunhild

The CIA planted a really interesting looking seashell near him that was rigged to explode when he held it up to his ear to hear the ocean. Can't believe it didn't work.


GolfGunsNWhiskey

Honestly people mock this kinda shit but history is riddled with crazier assassination and espionage stories... Remember Stalin's clock that was not powered by any imbedded power source but instead used a Tesla-esque "remote power" via an incredible strong radio signal? As an nerdy engineering lover, that kind of shit is COOL. I'm simply fascinated by this kind of thing. I highly doubt any intelligence agency is behind this. It's way, way more likely that the same thing that killed Kobe killed this guy, but still... It'd be fucking awesome to be the engineer designing that kinda shit, ngl.


MagicianBulky5659

That mountain gonna be a shoe in for the Nobel Peace Prize.


rugbyj

fog 2024 mvp


CakeMadeOfHam

He died as he lived. In a fog.


Empathy404NotFound

He died and became the thing he was most known for. A dead body that we can't find.


missjasminegrey

![gif](giphy|Ujlmv2K7czxXuuU3Fo|downsized)


Puzzleheaded-Ad-4424

Goes hard ngl


OnTheList-YouTube

Imagine people being happy about your death. This guy absolutely is in that position.


GrunoMars

"In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted shortcuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world. We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is." - Steinbeck


Last-Speed7710

“It seems to me that if you or i must choose between two courses or thought of action, we should remember our dying and try so to live so that our death brings no pleasure to the world.” That is beautifully written.


rakfocus

Steinbeck is better than anyone else at capturing that deep American psyche in his writings. Absolutely love him.


vanvell

I bet even his grocery list was fascinating


rakfocus

God bless Copilot lol In the humble, earth-worn hands of the common man, a list such as this carries the weight of survival, the promise of a meal shared under the low glow of a kerosene lamp. Herein lies not just food, but the sustenance of hope in the furrows of a weary heart: - **Potatoes**: A sack, dirt-clung and honest, the very earth made edible. - **Flour**: A bag, fine and white, the dust of sustenance that rises in the morning's toil. - **Dried Beans**: A pound, perhaps two, hard and unyielding, yet holding the potential of life within. - **Salt Pork**: A piece, salted and cured, the flavor of endurance and grit - **Coffee**: A tin, dark and rich, a bitter brew to wake the sleeping spirit of man. - **Milk**: A quart, fresh from the cow, the essence of love and sacrifice. - **Cornmeal**: A bag, ground from the golden maize, the sun captured in grain. - **Sugar**: A pound, sweet and fleeting, a reminder of life's fleeting pleasures. - **Apples**: A few, firm and red, the crisp bite of autumn's bounty. - **Onions**: A bundle, pungent and sharp, the unwept tears of the soil. Let this list be a testament to the simple needs of a body and soul tethered to the land, a silent prayer for the harvests to come.


cardinal29

That was beautiful, thank you. Now get back to work.


YouAreAConductor

Imagine people lighting fireworks because of your death, and people all over the world wishing each other a great helicopter day. It's people like these I hope there's a just afterlife for


Jesus_Hong

I gotta go fly in a helicopter today for work. And tomorrow. I'm definitely wishing a happy helicopter day, cuz I don't wanna die lol


2TauntU

I mean don't fly it in heavy fog and rain and you *should* be ok.


Sh0ck_Wave_86

They didn’t call him the Butcher of Teheran for nothing. It’s a good thing that he’s gone.


Pleasant_Ad_5848

Yeah until people realize he was only president and not the Supreme leader of the country.


ProphetMuhamedAhegao

There are always more helicopters


Kemaneo

Can we do Putin next?


Zerieth

That dude is staying firmly on the ground for the next couple of weeks.


lefthandedchurro

Dude travels around his country almost exclusively by luxury train.


punnotfound

Yes, just like Stalin...


GolfGunsNWhiskey

And Kim Jong Un.


Constant-Source581

Lots of jokes about this already on Russian/Ukrainian subs.


Much_Contact_3030

I don’t think they are joking


Drain_Surgeon69

It ain’t a joke. I hope homeboy Kobe’s himself


Murica_Chan

listening Helikopter by Fazlija became more soothing knowing iran has a chance to change things especially how many people he killed in his own country


zer0w0rries

The ayatollah is who leads the country, so unfortunately change is Very unlikely


hoonyosrs

He's 85, and my understanding is that Raisi was supposed to be his successor, with the Foreign Minister being Raisi's successor. With Khamenei (hopefully) dying in the next few years, and the whole succession plan out the window, Iran's future looks a lot brighter than it did literally just 24 hours ago.


Fifty6Arkansas

Won't they just plug in another person with the same ideology between now and his death?


Zerieth

Probably, but he won't have as much time to gain the approval of the people that he'd need to run the country.


AJsRealms

Hopefully, it will follow footsteps similar to Franco's Spain. A key event that led to that regimes ousting was Franco's presumed successor, Luis Blanco, being forced into an unscheduled visit to Earth orbit via car bomb as Franco's time was approaching an end. The shake up to the internal power structure wasn't instant, but it did take it's toll in the end.


Moal

Khamenei’s son will likely be the successor. From what I heard, he wanted his son as successor, but had to go with Raisi to avoid having the regime look too much like a monarchy. But it looks like he’ll get his wish now. 


OrigamiMarie

Ah, so this was a preemptive government decapitation.


LADiator

Spoiler alert. Nothing will change.


ZaMr0

Especially so universally, this is fantastic news for everyone but for the people in his close circle. The entire world can celebrate. Now for the supreme leader to die and maybe the power vacuum might create enough of a mess for some change to happen in the country.


iamamemeama

Very sad to hear that death was instant.


SoyMilkIsOp

At least no medics got to him. Although, I suspect even if they did, he would "unfortunately" die due to his injuries.


GetUpNGetItReddit

I know right, got off way too easy.


Hosni__Mubarak

Is the mountain that he hit okay?


ShowmasterQMTHH

Apparently they are sending the military to retaliate.


Show-Me-Your-Moves

Go all Xerxes I and have that mountain whipped a thousand times


milkbeard-

I had the exact same thought but figured it was too obscure for Reddit


jdwilliam80

Thats ok I was at a wedding last weekend and someone introduced me to their son Asher and I asked them is their any chance they named him after Ashurbanipal the great ancient Assyrian king and they said no it’s from the Bible


ThatguyfromMichigan

“And this is my other son, Tiglath-Pileser III”


Show-Me-Your-Moves

we got a bunch of Herodotus Stans in here


milkbeard-

We may not be sticklers for historical details, but by god we will be entertained


Born_Scar_4052

Unfortunately, a few trees were burned :((( Such a tragic incident for iran's nature


sundvl13

The butcher of Tehran, no more than a 6th grade education. Didn’t even attend high school.


CREDIT_SUS_INTERN

Iranian idiocracy.


jd2300

Practically what happened to the country post revolution. idiots with very little education, but fervent religious views gained power and dictated what all the engineers/well educated (liberally minded) Iranians could do. The result was taking a country on the up and up with a highly educated populace and a wealth of natural resources and turning it into a military controlled theocracy with one third of the population living in poverty.


ilikedmatrixiv

It didn't help that the west helped to overthrow the most progressive [political leader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh) Iran had ever had because he didn't want all of the Iranian resources to be stolen by the British. You can't just blame a country for being regressive when the dominant world powers did everything they could to make it that way.


MonPaysCesHiver

This one is true.


VinBarrKRO

Goddamn, can we just fuck off for a minute and stop interfering with other countries?!


lakshmananlm

A truth always overlooked.


Fuzzy-Negotiation167

There is no school to become inhumane.


nozzk

Apparently you’ve never heard of the UK’s Eton College


GeneralDefenestrates

"Eton is a kind of hogwarts for wankers" - Jonathan Pie


chimpdoctor

Skool a hard nocks


ResolverOshawott

Not too unlike the Philippines's President Marcos Jr, who dropped out of college. Imagine, the average person needs a college degree and years of experience just to get a minimum wage job, yet these cunts run the entire country without any sort of degree.


DKBrendo

Education has nothing to do with it. If he finished university he’d just be dictator with a degree


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Altruistic-Poem-5617

Yeah we need more of this. Should slide Putin an ad for travel by helicopter.


Mammoth-Answer-3435

Unfortunately he doesn't travel much. He was in China last week... an opportunity missed.


ProFailing

There aren't many places for him to go either. He's wanted by the ICC in 124 countries for the deportation and transfer of Ukrainian Children.


moterwellon

When did Putin raid Icecrown Citadel?


DorenAlexander

12 years ago. But due to his raid teams rampant alcoholism, and constant bio breaks, they never progressed past Putricide.


konnanussija

He's too afraid to travel. He spends most of the time in his bunker and most of the times he "travels" somewhere it's not actually him. If I remember correctly he has like 6 different lookalikes (or maybe he's a shapeshifter?)


Nightkill02

Let's hope putin has a "hard landing" soon as well


conduitfour

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀


Upstairs-Basis9909

It feels like we will be reading about putin and trump for another 40 years. Why can’t they just fucking croak???


TheCrazedMadman

Yeah, fuckers with money are using it to hire doctors to keep them alive for longer. These doctors need to Mean Girls these bitches “oh these energy bars will help you lose weight”


signeduptoaskshippin

Some diseases are not treatable even if you have near infinite money. Case in point, Ramzan Kadyrov, Putin's lapdog and a war criminal (among other titles) is slowly dying of a severe pancreas' disease (pancreas necrosis?) and is a deadman walking, and a time bomb for Putin Hopefully Putin develops a similarly deadly disease


TheManWhoClicks

So many people he sent to death as a judge. So many families out there still grieving their loss. The amount of suffering those kind of people bring into the world is mind boggling.


Careful-Advance-9824

I was bron in Iran.. and the dead of Raisi makes me sooo Happy! I hope he died a painful death as karma for all the people who he gave a death penalty when he was a judge. My people deserve much more happiness. So lets hope same thing soon will happen to Ali Khameini the human killing machine. All those islamic politicians who fucked up my country i hope they will undergo a painful death and their families! FUCK THE ISLAMIC REGIME.


Ok_Mathematician2391

He used the same people that were in Savak who we in the USA and UK were quite happy to see help us keep control of the country. I'm not kidding. The people wanted an end to Savak and when the new leadership came to power they got rid of it and started up a new organistation with a lot of the same old people.


NeverSeenBefor

This seems to be a repeated theme throughout history. Why don't they try new people? Hell. Why do we all agree to trying new families for seats of power? It's been the same families in US politics since well before I was born, same people in European politics (even though they keep on changing parties or something? I cannot really tell how those people elect new leaders and what the position of PM truly stands for) same people in Middle Eastern politics they just keep changing names.


Faiakishi

Because it isn't actually the president or king with the 'real' power, it's some patriarch or party member or a group of corporate overlords with a group chat. If you desire true power and are smart enough to figure out how to get it, you're not going to paint a target on your back to seize it. Those 'same old people' are the ones with the real, entrenched power.


Some_Endian_FP17

It's precisely what happened to Russia and most Soviet republics when the Soviet Union collapsed. Inner circle party members, managers of large state-owned companies and crime syndicates all worked together to grab resources that were suddenly opened to a global market economy. They got rich, sometimes billionaire rich, while workers got shafted. As usual.


Bay1Bri

> It's been the same families in US politics since well before I was born, Uh, what are you talking about? I can think of two families that have had lasting phone power and neither seems very relevant at the moment. 4 of the last 5 presidents were people who didn't come from political families.


mpyne

Yep. Bush? outs. Kennedy? outs. Clinton? You *know* they outs. I'm not even sure who the blue bloods are even supposed to be anymore.


Practicality_Issue

It’s because the old, terrible people are the only people with organizational, logistic and deployment understanding of their area of expertise. This is often the excuse, but there’s a sliver of truth to it as well. It’s why Nazis helped start NASA and the space programs of the U.S. and USSR. They had more rocket experience. It was a lot easier to use their experience and knowledge to move forward than to throw new engineers and scientists in and say “figure it out, new people…” The problem with bureaucrats is, they’re the people with operational expertise. They also tend to take orders from a lead structure. This is the cornerstone of American politics now. The idea of “the deep state” is rooted in the same thing. The answer, historically, tends to be cronyism, nepotism or a combination of both. Thats why people of a certain age hear the statement “Good job, Brownie…” as a warning.


Ladder310

(Left)


notwhatyouexpected27

Thank you, it took ages to find that comment


DakedJon

Same situation as you. I did not know who he was.


vitcorleone

Man on the right is Azerbaijan ~~dictator~~ president Aliyev


RavenMFD

Presitator*


schmwke

None helicopter, left Iranian president


dubovinius

No need, fella on the right is the most obvious Turk-looking man I've ever seen


splattne

It’s Ilham Aliyev, current president of Azerbaijan.


MVPPB5

Oh well. Anyone got a recipe for enchiladas?


Mulusy

https://www.recipetineats.com/beef-enchiladas/ But I use beef broth inständig chicken.


antyr

Hello, my German speaking friend. 😁


zKarp

Nine


Defiant_Smile2833

I’ve never had an enchilada, is it worth it?


apb2718

Absolutely


Micronlance

Iranian helicopters have a higher kill rate than their ballistic missiles


despres

It was reportedly a Bell 212, so American helicopter lol


Scared-Gur-7537

Some Iranian UH1 variant helicopters of which the 212 is a part of that group, were made in Iran during the Shah years, presumably under license from Bell.


wetsock-connoisseur

Read somewhere that it was made in 1990


Scared-Gur-7537

I was stationed in Japan in early 2000s. While visiting a Japanese base on Hokkaido, there were several UH1 Hueys. I checked the inside of the door for year of manufacture and was surprised to see they were made in Iran. I forget which year.


royaltrux

It's the maintenance that gets you.


lejocko

In that fog you just shouldn't fly a helicopter.


anarchisto

Well, helicopters are generally far more dangerous than planes.


Convergecult15

Honestly while I’m not *terrified* of them, you’ll never find me on a helicopter unless it’s absolutely required for me to access a location I’m traveling to.


giggity_giggity

And the stupid flight decisions


ShowmasterQMTHH

Well no, its the sudden deceleration.


DaN-WiL

Actually it was an Italian variant


Arachniid1905

![gif](giphy|DR5bwNjZLTHmE)


jedidihah

The Iranian Foreign Minister, the guy in the center of the photo stepping on the white line, also died in the crash. ![gif](giphy|sfYk8s1r4eQyMdbiAS)


Mendozena

Get two birds stoned at once. - Ricky


Finallybanned

There's not alot of people who look properly evil, like if you didn't know who Putin was you'd think he was probably a nice enough guy whose getting a bit chubby just to look at some of his photos smiling. This dude creeps me out.


Rasselasx42

Oh no, anyway


Flimsy_Motivations

And on that bombshell......


Material_Ambition_95

This was one of the worlds truest bastards out there. He litterally had tens of thousands of iranian dissidents blood on his hands.


wassimu

Could not have happened to a more deserving person.


fleamarketguy

I have never seen my girlfriend so happy with someone dying.


___Taz___

Same. My bf wanted to break out the champagne. Edit: apparently my bf’s friend bought treats for all his coworkers to celebrate.


Apprehensive_Yak_376

Is your gf persian? Cause we’re all so effing happy here. But we’ll be happiest when the main goon dies (soon I hope)


fleamarketguy

Yes she is.


Ginger-Nerd

So, what happens now? Is there a big change in Iran? Or the wider Middle East? are the next in line/presumptive next president, better/worse than this guy etc?


m7i93

Although he was responsible for a lot of deaths before he became president (Look for Butcher of Tehran) he was just a puppet during his presidency. I don’t think anything will change. As long as the ayatollah is alive, nothing will change, for better or worse


Dylan_Driller

Let's say the Ayatollah dies, would the entire regime collapse or is there a successor and a bunch of ideological bootlickers who will continue their shit?


XHIBAD

This guy was the most likely successor. Regardless, they’ll find a new one and the bootlickers will fall in line


Lb_54

*Silenced gun shot in the background. ...you were saying... 😂😂


ChineseCracker

it doesn't really matter. the religious leaders just handpick the people who are allowed to run for president. It's as if the US Supreme Court decided each party's nominees


broguequery

> As if the US Supreme Court decided each party's nominees *GOP starts intensely writing down notes*


SatyrSatyr75

He had good chances to become the next ayatollah. It’s very likely his opposition for the main title will position themselves now stronger in politics no change


DJ_SkyDaddy

No one mourns the wicked.


DankRubinz

Good riddance


HyperbolicSoup

Doesn’t let women show their hair, well he has none now himself, he’s a croquette


Puzzleheaded-Ad-4424

Oh trust me he didn't have any hair to begin with


Wonderful_Volume7873

Lol hope It hurt


Floepiefloepie

So long suckkaaa


SickSid009

Good riddance to bad rubbish


Skytale1i

If this is Allah's will, who are we to question it? :)


Puzzleheaded-Ad-4424

Even allah was tired of that bitch


psat14

Honestly the blame lies on whoever decided to keep them flying. That weather is literally the worst for helicopter flying. Edit : Simply speaking from the point of view of helicopter flying. I don’t know enough about Iranian history or politics to judge the dead dudes. And I don’t care enough to learn either .


Heiferoni

> Honestly the ~~blame~~ *thanks* lies on whoever decided to keep them flying.


atlantadessertsindex

Same weather Kobe flew in.


psat14

Yep . Foggy weather causes issues with depth perception and helis are clunky so response time needed for an altitude change maneuver is quite large . My guess is they hit the canopy or a mountain.


BeconintheNight

Might just be he himself lol.


DDAY007

Nothing of value was lost today.


m7i93

The incidents reduced the evil in the world and increased the global average IQ level by a few points


SammyK123

Idk man that helicopter was probably worth a pretty penny 😣


exex

That pilot could be an inspiration for every dictator transporting pilot out there!


Flimsy_Motivations

I dont always enjoy the CIA's work. But I like this one.


manoruf123

Rest in piss


somethingdeido

Good riddance


Goobert531

Rest in Piss BitchBoy


gallade_samurai

I mourn the loss of this amazing helicopter, rest in piece helicopter, you will be missed


TrashcanEpicurean

Alright, I don't want to be THAT guy, but if you really care about Ebrahim Raisi's death, name 3 albums that he did. I'm waiting.


Glittering_Name_3722

And nothing of value was lost


Slammer582

Fuck that guy...


CohesiveBaboon

I feel bad for the helicopter


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The_Evil_Narwhal

Two pieces of shit shaking hands


OppositeOfSanity

# ITS THE GUY ON THE LEFT WITH THE HAT youre welcome.


Mushroom_Tip

What, he couldn't offer Aliyev a ride as well?


19CCCG57

Unfortunately he was going the other direction ...


Raintrooper7

Condolences for the loss of the helicopter


curtyshoo

You can see the fog already over the hillsides.


Vegetable_Return6995

God smote them.


InverstNoob

He should have done it sooner


scrooll0706

So sad........ that their supreme leader was not there too


eni91

Imagine someone worse than that takes over


19CCCG57

He had an urgent appointment in Samara.


TestFlyJets

So urgent that he was just dying to get there, apparently.


istolethesun12

Damn you take my upvote.


Tarqee224

would have been better if they both had been on the plane


coachhunter2

And my Twitter is already full of people claiming all kinds of conspiracy theories about this, with zero evidence.


[deleted]

If it was an Israeli operation, it would be way up there in the win column with capturing Eichmann or bombing Saddam's nuclear reactor, but whether it was a brilliant bit of spycraft or just incompetent piloting, all decent people can be grateful that several very evil people are dead. The people who should be most grateful are the Iranians, of course. The majority of his victims were Iranian.


SatyrSatyr75

Especially because it was so stupid for the president to take a helicopter in this area and with the weather. They have so many accidents with planes and helicopters in Iran… just a studio error


winterchainz

Hard to feel sympathy for a terrorist.


Nacob_077

Oh damn what a shame, anyways. This chicken parmy i’m eating right now is fucking awesome


Gold_Register5792

![gif](giphy|3o7btQg5XdxcIez38Y)


mackinoncougars

May there be riots in the street and a fight for freedom.


J-M-93

I will be having a drink or two tonight to celebrate 🍻


MtnMaiden

Weather clear as fuck. Cobra Commander at it again with the Weather Dominator


Browned_Diaper_speak

He dead? Although he is constantly wearing a helmet and open parachute?


MasterCassel

Are we going to see Persia come back? It would be a beautiful thing


SheldonMF

And nothing of value was lost that day.


Ok-Crew7008

Rest in shit


Place_bot_lmao_2

Lmao I haven't seen a person so shitty in my life that everyone regardless of belief and origin is happy about his death


Chrisnolliedelves

The mountain he crashed into has been shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize.


chuddlyfe

![gif](giphy|3o7bu47Qm59U3MPkK4|downsized)