Well butter my biscuit, hold on to your hats cause we got some spicy news brewing in Iran! Word on the street is that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi done crashed like a toddler with training wheels. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), they done found the crash site faster than a jackrabbit on a hot tin roof.
Now, unfortunately, it seems like the prez and his posse were as lively as a doornail, with Iranian state television reporting “no sign” of life at the crash site. State-run media even went as far as declaring that poor ol’ Raisi had gone and got himself “martyred.” Talk about drama fit for a soap opera, y’all.
Location of crash site of Pres. Raisi’s chopper determined: Sourcehttps://t.co/6mWrIRVVJj pic.twitter.com/sAkjeXgTeH
— IRNA News Agency (@IrnaEnglish) May 20, 2024
But hold your horses, ’cause it ain’t over yet! Seems like Iranian Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian and some other big shots were also hitching a ride on that helicopter joyride to the mountainous area before things went south quicker than a snowball in July. And to top it all off, the weather was throwing a hissy fit with fog, rain, and cold making the pilot’s job harder than a cat tryin’ to bury a turd on a frozen pond.
In the midst of all this hullabaloo, rescue teams are racing around like a cat on a hot tin roof trying to find any semblance of hope in the wreckage. While some folks are lining up to say a prayer for ol’ Raisi, others are busting out the party poppers, celebrating like it’s the Fourth of July. And let’s not forget the rumor mill churning out stories faster than a hen laying eggs, with jokes flying around about secret agent pilots and succession battles in Iran.
Well, that’s a wrap for now, folks. But y’all better believe this ain’t the last we’ll hear of this whirlwind of a story!