Iran: Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader act of ‘state, organized terrorism’
The Foreign Ministry once again vehemently condemns the Israeli regime’s earlier assassination of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas’ Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Spokesman Nasser Kan’ani made the remarks in a post on his official account on X, former Twitter, on Wednesday.
The assassination claimed the lives of Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards earlier in the day. The Palestinian resistance leader was in the Iranian capital to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Kan’ani reminded that the atrocity had taken place against an official guest of the Islamic Republic, saying it amounted to “nothing but an extra-territorial assassination” and an instance of “state and organized terrorism.”
“The Zionist regime is beyond doubt a dangerous threat to international security and peace,” he said, adding that the regime “attaches no value to international laws and regulations.”
The spokesman noted that silence, indifference, or inaction on the part of world countries and international organizations towards such an “appalling crime” would be tantamount to encouragement of such acts of terrorism.
Such international inertia would also pave the way for continuation of the regime’s adventuristic and perilous actions against various countries’ national security as well as international peace, stability, and security, he added.
In a statement issued shortly after the attack, the ministry had denounced it as another manifestation of the aggressive and law-breaking nature of the “criminal mafia ruling the occupied land of Palestine.”
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned the regime of a "harsh response" for the assassination, saying it was the Islamic Republic's duty to avenge the blood of the resistance leader.
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