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Television Analyst Blames Fake Mossad Agent ‘Eli Copter’ for Iranian President’s Death in Live Broadcast

The jokes at Mr. Haik’s expense since his gaffe have been relentless online.

Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP
Rescue teams members carry the body of a victim after a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in northwestern Iran. Azin Haghighi, Moj News Agency via AP
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A television journalist is being mocked online for falling for a prank by naming the killer of Iran’s President Raisi as Mossad agent “Eli Copter” during a live segment. 

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