{"id":23651,"date":"2025-05-20T13:19:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=23651"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:21:54","slug":"iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Officials Dismiss Claims of Israeli Sabotage in Presidential Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEHRAN \u2013<\/strong> One year after the fatal helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Tehran is doubling down on its denial of any Israeli involvement, seeking to quash persistent conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s current Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, spoke on state television this week to address growing speculation, stating unequivocally that there is no indication of foreign sabotage. \u201cThe current findings do not point to any external involvement,\u201d Araghchi said. \u201cThis was not the result of a hostile Israeli operation.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei | Credit: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Crash in the Mountains, Speculation in the Media<\/strong>
\nRaisi died on May 19, 2024, when his helicopter went down in rugged, snowy terrain near the Iranian-Azerbaijani border during extreme weather conditions. Also killed were then\u2013Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several other senior officials.<\/p>\n

The incident was one of the most serious aviation disasters in Iran in recent decades and immediately sparked speculation about potential foreign involvement, particularly from Israel. Iranian authorities, however, are now firmly refuting those claims.<\/p>\n

Iran Pushes Back: \u201cThis Was Not a Planned Attack\u201d<\/strong>
\nSpeaking at official memorial events, Araghchi said: \u201cThank God, it has been clarified that what happened to President Raisi was not orchestrated by Israel.\u201d He warned the public and media outlets against fueling unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and emphasized that the evidence so far suggests a tragic accident, not an act of war.<\/p>\n

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Billboard in Tehran marking the one-year memorial of Raisi\u2019s death | Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One year after Raisi\u2019s death, Iranian officials deny foreign sabotage, pointing to harsh weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":23652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,65],"tags":[1539,5802,5801],"class_list":["post-23651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-security","category-world","tag-iran","tag-isrel","tag-president-ebrahim-raisi"],"yoast_head":"\nIranian Officials Dismiss Claims of Israeli Sabotage in Presidential Crash - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iranian Officials Dismiss Claims of Israeli Sabotage in Presidential Crash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One year after Raisi\u2019s death, Iranian officials deny foreign sabotage, pointing to harsh weather.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-20T10:19:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/raisi.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Shimon Levi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Shimon Levi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Shimon Levi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d7bc34deb63b02173f4b03d0273ec11\"},\"headline\":\"Iranian Officials Dismiss Claims of Israeli Sabotage in Presidential Crash\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-20T10:19:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/raisi.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran\",\"Isrel\",\"President Ebrahim Raisi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"POLITICS\",\"SECURITY\",\"WORLD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/iranian-officials-dismiss-claims-of-israeli-sabotage-in-presidential-crash\/\",\"name\":\"Iranian Officials Dismiss Claims of Israeli Sabotage in Presidential Crash - 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