TEHRAN, JULY 31: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday. Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian’s swear-in ceremony on Tuesday. Iran gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed and the Guard said the attack was under investigation. Analysts on Iranian state television immediately began blaming Israel for the attack. Israel is suspected of running a years-long assassination campaign targeting Iranian nuclear scientists and others associated with its atomic programme.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 01, 2024 02:29 UTC