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Khamenei says Tehran has a duty to avenge Haniyeh, vows harsh punishment for Israel

By Agencies and AFP 31 July 2024, 11:13 am 20 Edit
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him (R) meeting with leaders of the Palestinian Hamas movement Ismail Haniyeh (C) and the Islamic Jihad group Ziad Nakhaleh in Tehran on July 30, 2024. (KHAMENEI.IR/AFP)
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him (R) meeting with leaders of the Palestinian Hamas movement Ismail Haniyeh (C) and the Islamic Jihad group Ziad Nakhaleh in Tehran on July 30, 2024. (KHAMENEI.IR/AFP)

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vows “harsh punishment” for Israel after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday.

“With this action, the criminal and terrorist Zionist regime prepared the ground for harsh punishment for itself, and we consider it our duty to seek revenge for his blood as he was martyred in the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he says in a statement carried by official news agency IRNA.

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