The building Ismail Haniyeh was reportedly assassinated in – Iran said that a short-range projectile was launched from outside the residence.
Iran reveals results of Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination probe
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) revealed today the results of the investigation launched into the assassination of Hamas top leader Ismail Haniyeh, which took place in Tehran, Iran.
The IRGC said that “technical investigations” revealed that Haniyeh’s killing was carried out with a short-range projectile weighing 7.5 kilograms launched from outside Haniyeh’s residence.
The operation was planned and executed by the Zionist entity and with support from the United States, it added.
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Iran vowed that “the blood of leader Ismail Haniyeh will not be in vain, and the Zionist regime will face severe punishment for the crime,” adding that the repercussions of the killing will be “devastating for the zionist entity and their supporters, the United States.”
“The building where Haniyeh was staying is a guest house and was subject to all security protocols,” the IRGC said, adding that “Israel” carried out the assassination with the purpose of “inciting discord in the Islamic world and among the resistance front.”
Iran’s investigation contradicts recent reports that Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by “an explosive device hidden in the Tehran guest house where he was staying” – according to Middle Eastern and American officials cited by The New York Times.
The bomb, planted two months earlier, was concealed in a guesthouse run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in an upscale area of Tehran, the sources claimed.
Haniyeh was in Tehran for the presidential inauguration when the remotely detonated bomb exploded, killing him and a bodyguard. The explosion caused significant damage to the building, including shattered windows and a partially collapsed wall.
The assassination is considered a major security breach for Iran, as the compound is heavily guarded by the IRGC. The exact method of how the bomb was planted remains unclear, but officials say the operation required extensive planning and surveillance. Iranian officials described the attack as a catastrophic intelligence failure.
