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Iran Army chief: Israeli terrorism won’t go unanswered

The commander-in-chief of Iran’s Army has renewed warnings that Israel will not go without punishment for its crimes and the assassination of a top Palestinian resistance leader in Tehran last Wednesday.

Palestine’s Abbas: Haniyeh killed to prolong Gaza war

The assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was intended to prolong the conflict in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Russia’s RIA state news agency in an interview published Tuesday.

Iran security chief: Reprisal against Israel ‘definite’

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says the Israeli regime will definitely get a response over the assassination of the political head of the Palestinian resistance movement in Tehran last week.

Iranian Acting FM to foreign ambassadors: Haniyeh assassination part of genocide of Palestinians 

Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri tells foreign ambassadors in Tehran that the assassination of late leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh is part of the Zionist regime’s genocidal project targeting Palestinians.

Iran’s response to Haniyeh assassination definite: Spokesman

No one can throw doubt on Tehran’s right to respond to the Israeli assassination of the Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani told reporters on Monday.

Blinken tells G7 that Iran, Hezbollah may attack Israel within hours

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has informed foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) that Tehran and the Hezbollah movement could launch an offensive against Israel within the next 24 hours, Axios news website has reported citing its unnamed sources.

Iran refuses to mitigate its response to assassination of Haniyeh: Report

Iran has refused to temper its response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and will respond to Israel, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing its sources.

IRGC chief warns Israel to be buried in miscalculations

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami called the Zionist regime an entity that has been born out of terrorism, stressing Israel will fall prey to its own transgressions.

President Pezeshkian: Assassination of Haniyeh will not go unanswered

In a meeting with Ayman Safadi, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Jordan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that the Israeli move to assassinate the Hamas leader in Tehran will not go unanswered.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange hits lowest level since April amid fears of Iran’s retaliation

The main index of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell to its lowest point since April at the start of weekly trading on Sunday, driven by fears of a potential war with Iran and Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah.

US, UK and France ask their citizens to leave Lebanon amid regional tensions

Several Western governments, including the United States, the United Kingdom and France, have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately as tensions rise in West Asia following the assassination of Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Iran to send strong Message to Jordanian FM regarding Israeli assassination of Hamas leader

An official Iranian source told Al Jazeera that Tehran plans to convey two messages to the Jordanian Foreign Minister: one directed at Jordan's kingdom and the other at the United States and Israel regarding the recent assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas in Tehran.

Iran parliament demands deterrent move against Israel

Iran’s parliament speaker has urged Iranian authorities to take a deterrent measure against the Israeli regime to preserve the country’s national interests following the assassination of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran.

Iran vows crushing response to Israel assassination of Hamas leader in Tehran

Iran will give a “regrettable and painful” response to the Zionist regime’s assassination of several resistance fighters and leaders in recent days, including the political head of the Palestinian resistance movement in Tehran, the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee says.

Biden expresses hope Iran will stand down but is uncertain

US President Joe Biden has voiced hope Iran would stand down despite its threat to avenge the assassination of Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, as fears have mounted that Israel’s war against the Gaza Strip could escalate into a wider conflict in West Asia.

US officials say Iranian retaliation against Israel could occur within days

American officials say the anticipated Iranian attack against Israel in response to the assassination of Hamas Political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran could occur in the coming days.

Expediency Council member: Netanyahu seeks to drag Iran into a war with US

A member of Iran’s Expediency Council says the Islamic Republic must give a decisive response to the Israeli regime over the recent terrorist attack that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran but it must also take care not to fall into Netanyahu’s trap.

Haniyeh killed by ‘short-range projectile’: IRGC

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement on Saturday that Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed by “a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kgs (15.4 lbs) accompanied by a severe explosion from outside his residence" in Tehran.

Body of a former IRGC military advisor in Syria honored, buried in Tehran

The body of Milad Bidi, one of the military advisors of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria and Lebanon, was buried on Saturday morning in a grand ceremony at Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in southern Tehran.

Eyewitnesses say Haniyeh killed by a projectile fired at his room, not planted bomb

Three individuals who were in the heavily guarded building in Tehran where Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated have told Middle East Eye that the Hamas leader was killed by a projectile fired at his room and not a planted bomb.

US sending fighter jets, to keep carrier group in West Asia for Israel defense

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a fighter jet squadron, Navy ships and air defenses to the Middle East amid heightened regional tensions due to Israeli attacks in Iran and Lebanon.

How will Haniyeh assassination affect Pezeshkian’s economic aspiration?

The assassination of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas’ political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday in Tehran in an Israeli plot just a day after Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian’s inauguration ceremony, casts a pall over the president’s economic agenda amid spiraling tensions, an Iranian daily warns.

Acting FM: Iran wants EU pressure against Israel

Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri, in a phone conversation with the European Union foreign policy chief, called for the bloc's pressure against Israel to prevent the continuation of the regime's crimes.

Israel at ‘very high level of readiness’ for retaliation: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated “Israel is at a very high level of readiness for any scenario – both defensively and offensively”, amid expectations of a response following the Beirut and Tehran attacks.

Iran military commanders emphasize strong response regarding assassination of Hamas leader

The Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army stressed that the Zionist regime's crime in assassinating martyr Ismail Haniyeh, political leader of the Palestinian movement Hamas, will definitely not go unanswered.

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