Death of a Hamas Chief Exposes Failure at Core of Iran’s Rule
- Militant group said Israel killed political leader in Tehran
- Iran likely to be weighing options as to how best to respond
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The death of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran raises questions about the Islamic Republic’s ability to secure the safety of its most senior state officials and allies — and what it plans to do next.
Haniyeh — who was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian — was killed by an Israeli strike on his guest house overnight, Hamas said in a statement Wednesday. The death came hours after Israel said it killed a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and just months following the death of a senior general of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, which Tehran blamed on Israel.