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Monday, August 5, 2024
Iranian MP calls for assassinating Netanyahu to avenge Haniyeh
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 25, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP)
An Iranian MP has called for the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in retaliation for Israel’s alleged killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week.
Iranian MP Mohammad Qasim Osmani (Wikipedia)
Mohammad Qasim Osmani said that in revenge for Haniyeh’s death, “We do not agree to anything less than Netanyahu’s death,” according to the Russian TASS news agency, which cited IRIB TV.
The MP said Israel was “impudent” for daring to “shed the blood of a guest in Tehran.”
Iran has said it will retaliate against Israel for Haniyeh’s death and the country is braced for a large-scale attack, though Tehran has also said it does not want all-out war.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the killing of the Hamas terror chief.
