Five Uncomfortable Questions For Iran After Sunday’s Helicopter Crash, by Andrew Korybko

There are still a lot of unknowns concerning the helicopter crash in Iran. From Andrew Korybko at korybko.substack.com:

This tragedy brought to light some serious questions that should be addressed by the Iranian authorities throughout the course of the investigation or at least by their media surrogates during upcoming press appearances.

Sunday’s helicopter crash that claimed the lives of the Iranian President, Foreign Minister, two other VIPs, and the crew has been the subject of conspiracy theories since it happened, with some even implying that Azerbaijan was complicit in this incident, though that line of thought was discredited here. Regardless of whatever the newly launched investigation determines was the cause, there are still five uncomfortable questions to be asked of Iran, which are as follows:

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1. Why Were Two VIPs In The Same Helicopter?

Standard operational security is for VIPs to travel separately in case of accidents or assassination attempts, yet Iran allowed its President and Foreign Minister to depart in the same helicopter. This is even more surprising considering that several of its military VIPs were recently assassinated after Israel bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus. One would have thought that Iran wouldn’t take any chances after that, but such thinking was clearly wrong after witnessing what just happened on Sunday.

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