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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei leads funeral prayers for Hamas chief Haniyeh

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TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led funeral prayers for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his security guard on Thursday, Iran’s state-run Press TV said.

A day earlier, Hamas’s Political Bureau Chief Haniyeh and his security guard Wasim Abu Shaaban were assassinated on Wednesday morning during their visit to Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.

During a ceremony held at Tehran University on Thursday, Ayatollah Khamenei paid homage to the Hamas chief and his bodyguard. Massive crowds of Iranian mourners took part in the funeral procession for the assassinated Palestinian official.

Addressing the ceremony, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the Israeli regime is desperate in the face of resistance fighters, Press TV reported.

He added that the Tel Aviv regime’s crimes are rooted in its inability to counter the resistance forces. The top Iranian parliamentarian emphasized that Israel will commit a “strategic mistake” if it thinks that targeting the resistance front will have an impact on the ongoing developments in the region.

Yesterday, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Khamenei warned the Israeli regime of a “harsh response” to the the assassination of Haniyeh, saying it is now Iran’s duty to avenge the blood of the Palestinian resistance leader.

“The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our homeland and left us bereaved, but it also set the ground for a harsh punishment for itself,” the Leader said.

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