• About Us
  • Advertise
  • Careers
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Support Us
Mimi Mefo Info
  • Cameroon
  • Africa
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Education
  • Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Sport
No Result
View All Result
  • Cameroon
  • Africa
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Education
  • Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Sport
No Result
View All Result
Mimi Mefo Info
No Result
View All Result
Home Breaking News

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Reportedly Killed in Helicopter Crash

Evelyn Ndi by Evelyn Ndi
May 20, 2024
in Breaking News, Live Update, World
0
IMG 5797
0
SHARES
429
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The semi-official news agency reports that the Iranian president, foreign minister and other occupants of the helicopter, including East Azerbaijan Province Governor Malek Rahmati, have been “martyred”.
There is still no official confirmation that Raisi is dead, but medics have said that they found “no signs” of life at the crash site.

Drone footage of the wreckage taken by the Red Crescent and carried on state media FARS News Agency showed the crash site on a steep, wooded hillside in northern Iran, with little remaining of the helicopter beyond a blue and white tail.

Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of the Iranian Red Crescent, said there are no signs of life of those traveling on board the helicopter, according to Iranian state news IRIB.

Reuters news agency also cited an unnamed Iranian official as saying all passengers are feared dead.

The crash prompted an hours-long search-and-rescue operation with assistance from the European Union and Turkey among others, but emergency crews were hampered by the fog and plummeting temperatures.

The potential loss of Raisi — a hardliner who was widely seen as Iran’s next Supreme Leader — is expected to sow further uncertainty in a country already buckling under significant economic and political strain, with tensions with nearby Israel at a dangerous high.

The incident comes at a sensitive time domestically for Tehran and seven months into Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza that has sent tensions soaring throughout the Middle East and brought a decades long shadow war between Israel and Iran out into the open.

Last month Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel — its first ever direct attack on the country — in response to a deadly apparent Israeli airstrike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus.

Iran’s hardline leadership has faced significant challenges in recent years, convulsed by youth-led demonstrations against clerical rule and grim economic conditions. Iranian authorities have launched a widening crackdown on dissent since nationwide protests broke out over the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s notorious morality police.

The accident occurred as Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian were returning from a ceremony for an opening of a dam on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, IRNA reported. Among those onboard were three crew members, the governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province, an imam Raisi’s head of security chief and a bodyguard, according to IRGC-run media outlet Sepah.

You can help support our work through the link below
Pixel
Tags: Broadcast Media NewsIndependent news reportingMimi Mefo InfoMimi Mefo NewsMimi Mefo TakambouOnline news channel
Previous Post

President Paul Biya to Preside Over May 20 Celebrations in Yaounde

Next Post

Cult of Personality: Biya’s Image Enforced as a State Symbol in Cameroon

Next Post
Cult Personality being built around Paul Biya

Cult of Personality: Biya’s Image Enforced as a State Symbol in Cameroon

You can help support our work via the link below
Pixel

You can help support our work via the link below

Pixel

Category

  • Accident de la route
  • Africa
  • Breaking News
  • Cameroon
  • Culture
  • Economy
  • Editor's Picks
  • Editorial
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Fashion
  • Food
  • Français
  • Health
  • Human Interest/Society
  • Infrastructures
  • Innovation
  • International Relations & Diplomacy
  • Justice/Human Rights
  • Lifestyle
  • Live Update
  • Media
  • Missing Person Alert
  • Nécrologie
  • News
  • News Commentary
  • News Roundups
  • Opinion
  • Orbituary
  • Other
  • People's Voice (PV)
  • Philanthropy
  • Politics
  • Publicity
  • Religion
  • Road Safety
  • Science
  • Security
  • Sport
  • Tech
  • Technologie
  • Tourisme
  • Transport
  • Travel
  • Voyage
  • World

Important Links

  • Term of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us

© 2025 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

error: Content is protected !!
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • World
  • Science
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech
  • Health
  • Food

© 2025 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.