WEB DESK: Iran vows ‘severe’ revenge after announcing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by short-range projectile.
Iran threaten that Revenge for the killing of the Hamas leader will be “severe and at an appropriate time, place, and manner,” the Guards’ statement added, blaming the “terrorist Zionist regime” of Israel for his death.
Iran and Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out the strike that killed Haniyeh hours after he attended the inauguration of Iran’s new president.
Region-wide tensions soared after the assassination, which came a day after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed Hezbollah senior military commander Fuad Shukr.
The statement by the elite Guards force also accused the “criminal US government” of supporting the attack which Iranian media said was in a northern suburb of Tehran.
The US has said it was not aware of or involved in Haniyeh’s killing and Israeli officials have not claimed responsibility.
Israel did confirm it carried out the strike that killed Shukr, along with an Iranian military adviser and at least five civilians.
