Iran state media suggesting no ‘foreign influence’ involved in helicopter crash

ASPI Senior Fellow Simon Benson says Iran state media is saying the helicopter crash involving the country’s President has come down due to “heavy weather”. Mr Benson said they are not yet suggesting any “foreign influence” in this. “There’s still plenty of time for that narrative to change and if that does happen we got a serious issue,” Mr Benson told Sky News Australia. “It was only last month that Israel put a missile into an Iranian consulate and that was followed with the largest ever drone raid conducted by Iran, targets inside Israel and that was followed up in turn with missiles from Israel into Iran. “Anything that suggests Israeli involvement in this … there’s nothing at the moment to suggest that, but if that narrative develops that is a very dangerous development.”