Iran warns of imminent response to Israel after Hamas leader Haniyeh’s assassination – World

DUBAI, September 20 (TASS) Iran has warned that it will respond soon to the Israeli attack on Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed on July 31 in Tehran.

“Our response to this step of the Zionist regime (Israel – TASS) can be expected soon,” Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, head of the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying by the IRNA agency.

“The disgusting enemy propaganda is to present the truth as a lie and lies as the truth. If you do not want your children to be affected by the evil enemy propaganda, come to the mosque for Friday prayers,” he added.

He castigated human rights activists who practice double standards and remain silent “while 41,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, have been killed by the cruel Zionist regime.”

On July 31, the radical Palestinian movement Hamas announced that Politburo Chairman Ismail Haniyeh had been killed by an Israeli strike on his residence in Tehran, where he had arrived to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, Iran’s elite military units) said Haniyeh was killed by a short-range projectile with a warhead weighing about 7 kilograms, adding that his assassination was organized by Israel with the support of the United States. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Israel would be severely punished for the assassination of the Palestinian politician.