Who Was Responsible For Iran Helicopter Crash That Killed President Ebrahim Raisi? Here’s What Experts Suggest

Who Caused Iran Helicopter Crash: The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi was returning from a dam inauguration ceremony in Azerbaijan with his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and other dignitaries when his helicopter had a ‘hard landing’ in the city of Jolfa. After almost sixteen hours of search operations, it was confirmed that there were ‘no survivors’ in the Iran Presidential Helicopter Crash and that the Iranian President had passed away. The shocking turn of events has had a major impact on the political scenario of Iran and will also impact the relations it shared with other countries. While Iran Vice President Muhammad Mukhbar is currently the Acting President of Iran, a question in everyone’s minds is who was responsible for the Iran Helicopter Crash, was Ebrahim Raisi’s death an accident or a conspiracy. Here’s what latest reports and experts have to say about it…

Who Was Responsible For Iran Helicopter Crash That Killed Ebrahim Raisi?

Going by the official statement of the Iranian Media, President Ebrahim Raisi’s death is not a part of any conspiracy and that this was just an accident. The state news media has reported that the helicopter crash resulted from a ‘technical failure’ which was triggered by dense fog and bad weather; there is no conspiracy or a third angle involved.

Foreign Affairs Expert Sushant Sareen Says

While the media has already issued a statement regarding the same, Foreign Affairs expert Sushant Sareen said that the incident came as a bit of a surprise and shock to everybody, adding that nothing can be ruled out as of now on what made the helicopter meet such a fate over Iran President Ebrahim Raisi’s fatal chopper crash that led to his demise.

ANI quoted Sareen as saying, “And of course, like everybody is speculating…was this some kind of sabotage that took place? …As of now, nothing can really be ruled out. But, I would say that there is a much higher possibility that this was entirely weather-related and perhaps a technical glitch that brought the chopper down. And in those kinds of terrains, if the chopper comes down, you can’t really have a hard landing. You have to be lucky to be able to survive such a crash. “It came as a bit of a surprise and a shock to everybody. but, given that the weather was in that particular region, the terrain. it is quite possible that this was an accident…”

He further discussed what impact this accident would have on the Iranian system; in his words, “This is just a tragedy that has visited Iran. But I don’t see how is it really going to start impacting the Iranian system. Because the control of the hardliners is very complete. Raisi was a hardliner, some people claim that he was in line to succeed the supreme leader, and now he is gone, perhaps there is going to be a race/tussle at that level to become the apparent heir apparent to the supreme leader…”

(Inputs from ANI)