An unusual request for help made by Iran to the United States government wasn't ultimately fulfilled for unclear reasons.

At least The Washington Post had not eulogized Raisi as an austere scholar in the study of murder as of Monday evening.

“One of the main culprits of yesterday’s tragedy is the United States," said Mohammad Javad Zarif, former Iranian foreign minister.

"This video I received from inside Iran speaks volumes about how oppressed people celebrate the death of their oppressors."

Rescue crews seeking to find the heliopter that crashed carrying Iran's president were battling dense fog as they combed a remote location.

Reports out of Iran indicate that a helicopter carrying the nation's president has gone down, but details so far are very sparse.

An Iranian filmmaker whose work has reached an international audience is now a criminal in his homeland and has fled.

"America is the Great Satan and our enemy, but we have hope in these areas," Foad Izadi, a professor at Tehran University, reportedly said.

"Such autocratic methods show the decline of global arrogance," the head of Iran's Shiraz University said of the reaction to the protests.

Another $30 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars has been lost in the Middle East under the bumbling commander in chief.