Shortly after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation died in a helicopter crash on May 19, 2024, social media users around the world shared footage that they claimed showed Raisi's last moments onboard the doomed aircraft.
Shortly after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation died in a helicopter crash on May 19, 2024, social media users around the world shared footage that they claimed showed Raisi's last moments onboard the doomed aircraft. However, the recording of the late president looking out at a snowy landscape dates back to Iranian state media reports published in January 2024.
The post shares a clip of Iranian President Raisi looking out of a helicopter at a snowy landscape while chatting with a companion.His helicopter crashed into a remote mountainside in heavy fog as the late Iranian head of state travelled to the northern city of Tabriz after Among the others killed in the crash was Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, known for his fierce anti-Israel sentiment and scepticism of the West.
However, the clip does not show Raisi and his delegation shortly before they died -- it predates the crash by at least four months.The Persian-language post translates as,"This morning, the President's aerial visit to the Nemroud Dam in Firouzkoh city." Below is a screenshot comparison between the false X post and the IRNA's X post on January 18, 2024 with similar elements highlighted by AFP in red:Screenshot comparison between the false X post and the IRNA''s X post on January 18, 2024 that Raisi, accompanied by the Minister of Energy and the Governor of Tehran, visited the national project of Nemroud Dam in Firouzkoh and a government photo of Amir-Abdollahian :Screenshot comparison between the clip shared in IRNA''s...
" shows Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi with an unidentified member of his delegation on board a helicopter in the Jolfa region of the western province of East Azerbaijan," part of the caption reads.https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bg6civieyvk
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