Iranian Prez Ebrahim Raisi’s Chopper Tampered, Sabotaged? Reasons For Crash, How Did Raisi’s Helicopter Crash?

WASHINGTON DC: According to one report, sources within the Iranian military establishment have claimed that President Ebrahim Raisi’s chopper may have been tampered with and listed sabotage as one of the possible reasons for the crash, though there is no official confirmation of the same.

“Investigators have not ruled out sabotage or tampering,” an Iranian military official was quoted as saying. The unnamed high-ranking official also hinted at the possibility that some ‘outside players’ could have been involved, hinting at the military agencies of Israel and the US.

Raisi and his foreign minister were killed when their helicopter crashed as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told news agency Reuters.

The helicopter, carrying the 63-year-old President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials, lost contact approximately 30 minutes into the flight. This sparked immediate concerns and a massive search and rescue operation was launched.

Iran’s Mehr news agency confirmed the deaths, reporting that “all passengers of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister were martyred”.

An Iranian official earlier told Reuters, the helicopter carrying Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was completely burned in the crash on Sunday. State TV reported that images from the site showed the aircraft slammed into a mountain peak, although there was no official word on the cause of the crash.

Apparently, the helicopter was flying low and due to zero visibility, it diverged from its route, lost its way and slammed head-on into a mountain peak. However, some Iranian military officials refused to accept this theory, saying the pilot was experienced and knew the terrain well. The helicopter also had advanced systems and couldn’t have strayed from its flight path, they claimed, while suggesting that sabotage was the only reason possible for the crash.