Iran says Hamas leader’s killing a costly ‘strategic mistake’ by Israel

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Iran says ****** leader’s ******** a costly ‘strategic mistake’ by *******

******* committed a costly “strategic mistake” with its ******** of ****** political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week, Iran’s acting foreign minister told AFP in an interview on Thursday.

“The act that the Zionists carried out in Tehran was a strategic mistake because it will cost them gravely,” Ali Bagheri said one day after attending an extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah.

Although ******* has not commented on Haniyeh’s ******, Iran has vowed to retaliate, setting the region on edge.

Bagheri accused ******* of wanting “to expand tension, war and conflict to other countries,” while asserting it was not in a position to ****** Iran.

“The Zionists are in no position to start a war against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he said.

“They neither have the capacity nor the strength.”

The meeting on Wednesday of foreign ministers from the 57-member OIC produced a declaration holding ******* “fully responsible” for the “heinous” ******** of Haniyeh, who lived in Qatar and was a major player in talks to end the war in the Gaza Strip.

The war began with ******’s October 7 attacks on southern *******, which resulted in the deaths of 1,198 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on ******** official figures.

************ militants seized 251 hostages, 111 of whom are still held in Gaza, including 39 the ******** military says are *****.

*******’s retaliatory military campaign in Gaza has ******* at least 39,699 people, according to the ******-run territory’s health ministry, which does not give details of civilian and militant deaths.

******’s Lebanese ally Hezbollah has also pledged to retaliate for Haniyeh’s ******** and that of its military commander Fuad Shukr in an ******** strike in Beirut hours earlier.

rs-rcb/dr

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Iran #****** #leaders #******** #costly #strategic #mistake #*******

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up