Iran protests over assassination of Hamas political leader in Tehran

Tehran.- Dozens of managers, scholars and student Students from Tehran University attended the be opposed to Denies the assassination of Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital this morning, an incident blamed on Israel.

Protesters marched on university campuses, chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America,” as they blamed the United States for the attacks. Israel’s crimesfor providing support and supplying weapons, according to state agency IRNA.

The angry crowd also held banners and portraits of Haniyeh as well as Iranian and Palestinian flags.

leader of Political Bureau The Hamas leader was assassinated at his residence in the Iranian capital at 2:00 a.m. (22:30 GMT) on Wednesday, hours after attending the inauguration of Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian.

The incident was blamed on Israel, but Israel has yet to acknowledge its role in the assassination.

Iranian authorities reported that they would soon release more details of the incident, while also threatening revenge One Israel.

“With this act, the criminal and terrorist Zionist regime (Israel) has laid the foundation for severe punishment and we consider it our duty to avenge the murder in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned in a statement.

Hamas and other Palestinian Islamist movements have been at war with Israel since October 7, following an attack on Israeli territory that left 1,200 people dead and 250 kidnapped.

In response, Israel began to bomb Gaza Strip The offensive, which has killed more than 39,400 people so far, has also involved Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who form an informal anti-Israel alliance led by Tehran known as the “Axis of Resistance.”