Iranian Defense Forum - Jan 26, 2024
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[h3]Official Report on Raisi Crash Raises Questions, Explains Little[/h3]
The first official report on the helicopter crash that killed Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was published on Thursday. However, it did little to quell speculations surrounding the fatal incident. The statement was met with skepticism or mockery. Lack of detail, or a rough storyline, at least, raised many more questions that it answered. All it does is to rid [Iran's] armed forces of the little credibility that they had, [especially if] you put it alongside the staggering lack of coordination that was displayed at Raisi's funeral. Further statements, even with more evidence and detail, are likely to fail to convince ordinary Iranians, many of whom find it hard to trust official announcements –and are often actively looking for inconsistencies or 'gaffes' that would discredit the narrative.
This is partly at least due to the Islamic Republic's long history of deceit which has all but completely eroded trust between the people and the state. And partly a backlash to the regime's persistent dissemination of its own message and violent suppression of alternative ideas.One such instance was the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January 2020, when two missiles fired by the Revolutionary Guard air defense units around Tehran brought down the plane with 176 people on board. All perished in the crash. For three days, military and security officials denied any involvement and argued that it was a technical accident, until videos emerged showing the missiles hitting the plane
Official Report on Raisi Crash Raises Questions, Explains Little | Iran International (iranintl.com)
The first official report on the helicopter crash that killed Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was published on Thursday. However, it did little to quell speculations surrounding the fatal incident. The statement was met with skepticism or mockery. Lack of detail, or a rough storyline, at least, raised many more questions that it answered. All it does is to rid [Iran's] armed forces of the little credibility that they had, [especially if] you put it alongside the staggering lack of coordination that was displayed at Raisi's funeral. Further statements, even with more evidence and detail, are likely to fail to convince ordinary Iranians, many of whom find it hard to trust official announcements –and are often actively looking for inconsistencies or 'gaffes' that would discredit the narrative.
This is partly at least due to the Islamic Republic's long history of deceit which has all but completely eroded trust between the people and the state. And partly a backlash to the regime's persistent dissemination of its own message and violent suppression of alternative ideas.One such instance was the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January 2020, when two missiles fired by the Revolutionary Guard air defense units around Tehran brought down the plane with 176 people on board. All perished in the crash. For three days, military and security officials denied any involvement and argued that it was a technical accident, until videos emerged showing the missiles hitting the plane
Official Report on Raisi Crash Raises Questions, Explains Little | Iran International (iranintl.com)
