The assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran, where the political leader of Hamas had gone hours before to attend the inauguration of Iran’s new president, has unleashed the anger of the country’s supreme leader, who threatens Israel with “harsh punishment” .
Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in on Tuesday as new president of Iranjust before the leader of the political wing of Hamas, in the early hours of this Wednesday, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an airstrike on his residence in Tehranwhere he was after attending the inauguration ceremony of the Iranian president.
Hamas and Iran blame Israel for the assassination, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah But Yamenei, threatened this Wednesday with retaliation. Khamenei said Israel “has prepared for itself a harsh punishment“.
“We consider your revenge as our duty“Khamenei said in a statement on his official website, adding that Haniyeh was “a dear guest in our house.”
The new Iranian president commits to trying to eliminate sanctions and highlights his support for the Palestinians
On Tuesday, Pezeshkiana reformist politician with a long legislative career and a cardiac surgeon, delivered a speech after taking office in a ceremony at the Tehran Parliament. There he declared that the normalization of economic relations with the world is an inalienable right of Iran, and he promised to continue trying remove sanctions imposed by the West due to the controversial Iranian nuclear program.
Pezeshkian won the July presidential election after his predecessor, Ebrahim Raisi, died in a helicopter crash in May which led to the calling of early elections. Now you have two weeks to form his cabinet facing a confidence vote in Parliament.
During his inaugural speech, hours before Haniyeh’s assassination, Pezeshkian spoke in support of the Palestinians and said that Iran “demands a world in which the dreams of no Palestinian child are buried under the rubble of their home.”
“We seek a world in which the proud people of Palestine be freed from occupation, oppression, imprisonment and genocide,” Pezeshkian added.
In April, Iran launched his first direct attack against Israel for the war in Gazawhile militia groups armed by Tehran (such as the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah and the rebels Houthis of Yemen) are involved in the fighting and have intensified their attacks.
