Iran blamed the US for the helicopter crash and Raisi's death.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stated:
“The United States bears responsibility for the tragedy associated with the crash of the President’s helicopter. They banned the sale of aircraft and spare parts to Iran, despite the decision of the International Court of Justice.” #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Iran#BreakingNews#Breaking#USA
#Wikileaks#Assange#PressFreedom#Media#Journalism#USA#UK: "To my mind, Julian Assange is in some ways recognizably a journalist. He’s also a publisher, an entrepreneur, an activist, a whistleblower, an information anarchist and a hacker. That’s true of many of this new breed of net warriors.
But in the work we did together when I was editor of The Guardian and he was editor of WikiLeaks we collaborated on a series of groundbreaking stories which were absolutely journalistic.
However, to many journalists Assange is not a proper “journalist,” and they can’t really see what his fate has to do with theirs. I think that’s a mistake.
This week Assange may learn his fate when judges in the UK High Court consider final representations from lawyers on both sides over the bid to extradite him to the US — where he could face a lengthy spell in a maximum security prison."