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When the Bell helicopter carrying Iran’s President and Foreign Minister crashed earlier this week, several Iranian citizens and military watchers speculated that Israel could be behind the assassination. This was not the first time Israel was ‘accused’ of the murder of a President.

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An investigating team sent to the crash site obtained significant evidence regarding the causes of the crash. According to the investigation report, the helicopter had remained on its predetermined course and had not deviated from the flight route.

The investigation stated that the pilot of the downed helicopter had communicated with the other two aircraft in the President’s convoy 15 minutes before the accident. The helicopter later crashed into the mountain and immediately caught fire on impact.

The report also noted that the examination of the wreckage of the helicopter revealed that there were no gunshots and no evidence of any external factor in the crash. While this seems to be an early finding, the Armed Forces said that the inquiry was still underway and that the public would be informed of any new developments.

That essentially rules out the suspicion that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was assassinated by Iran’s primary adversary in the region, Israel. In the aftermath of the crash, social media was rife with conspiracy theories that either Israel or the United States had planned to assassinate the Iranian hardline President.

Several pro-Iranian social media users even wondered whether the crash was Israel’s retaliation against an Iranian aerial strike on Israel last month. Some others speculated that it could be an Israeli ploy to send a warning message to the Iran-backed militias that have continued to attack Israel in the wake of the latter’s invasion and bombing of Gaza.

Israel was suspected of being behind the crash also because the Iranian President, who was seen as Khamenei’s heir apparent and protégé, criticized Israel last month, stating that “the Zionist Israeli regime has been committing oppression against the people of Palestine for 75 years.”

One social media user wrote on Platform X: “Iran President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. I suspect this was an assassination. We will see if Iran will investigate thoroughly. I suspect Israel is behind this.”

Another netizen was more unforgiving in his assertion: “Now that it’s confirmed that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister have died in a helicopter crash. Iran must investigate Mossad’s role in it, and if it finds something involving #Israel, they need to pay back with interest.”

The report stated that “with the assistance of drones, the exact location of the incident was identified.” It further noted that “search and rescue operations had to continue until nightfall and then throughout the night due to complications of the region, fog, and low temperature.”

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The report finally said no suspicious issue had surfaced in the watchtower’s interactions with the flying crew. Thus, the report has essentially absolved Israel and its spy agency, Mossad, of any potential wrongdoing—at least for now.

On its part, Israel alleges that Iran is a patron of the so-called “axis of resistance,” a network of armed groups in the Middle East that includes Hamas, the Palestinian organization, and has engaged in conflict with Israel.

Although the Israeli government did not make an official declaration about the crash, an Israeli official denied the government’s involvement in it.




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Mossad leadership with Israeli PM Netanyahu. (File Photo)

The Iranian report means that the Israeli official stands vindicated. However, this is not the first time that Israel has been under the scanner for the assassination of a head of state.

Several years ago, in a different part of the world, a head of the state was killed, and fingers were pointed at Mossad, but like the Iranian case, no wrongdoing was established.

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