Iran says Israel will ‘pay heavy price’ after death of Ismail Haniyeh

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Iran says ******* will ‘pay heavy price’ after ****** of Ismail Haniyeh

************ group ******’ top leader, Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2024. 

Majid Asgaripour | Reuters

Iranian officials are condemning what they say was an ******** strike on Tehran that ******* ****** leader Ismail Haniyeh.

************ militant organization ****** and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard issued separate statements confirming the ****** of the longtime political leader of ****** early Wednesday and blamed *******, which has not yet commented on Haniyeh’s ******. CNBC has reached out to *******’s foreign ministry for comment.

Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani and former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Rezaei, in separate comments said that ******* will “pay a heavy price,” according to Iranian state media.

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei in a statement said that “the ********* and ********** Zionist regime has prepared the ground for severe punishment with this action.” He added that carrying out punishment is “our duty” as Haniyeh was ******* in Iran. Tehran and other countries that do not recognize the state of ******* frequently refer to it as “the Zionist regime.”

Haniyeh served as the chief of ******’ politburo and was seen as a more relatively moderate figure within the organization as he led cease-***** negotiations and was the face of the group’s regional diplomatic efforts. He was made the head of ******’ political wing in 2017 before moving to Qatar in exile in 2019.

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, describing him as “a proponent of armed struggle, including against civilians,” and declared that ****** operations had been responsible for “an estimated 17 ********* lives ******* in ********** attacks.”

Haniyeh’s ****** comes against the backdrop of spiking tensions in the Middle East, as *******’s war with ****** in Gaza rages on. It also comes just a day after an ******** strike on a densely-populated area of Beirut which *******’s military said ******* a top commander of the Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah.

Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and allied with ******, issued a statement in response to Haniyeh’s ******. “The martyrdom of the leader Haniyeh will increase the determination and stubbornness of the resistance fighters in all resistance arenas to continue the path of ******, and will make their resolve stronger in confronting the Zionist ******,” the group said.

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