Iran’s Jewish community demands revenge after Israeli assassination of Haniyeh

The Iranian Jewish community has strongly condemned the Israeli assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, calling for revenge. 

In a statement, the community denounced Haniyeh’s assassination as a terrorist crime and a blatant violation of international laws.

“The assassination in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas political office, is a terrorist crime and a clear violation of international law,” the Jewish Association of Iran said in a statement.

“The Mujahid martyr, who was one of the flag bearers of the Noble Quds liberation movement, had come to martyrdom many times, but even after losing his family members, he did not stop resisting and defending the oppressed people of Gaza, and the Zionists finally martyred him with a treacherous attack on his sanctuary in Tehran,” it said.

“The Iranian Jewish community expresses its condolences to the heroic Palestinian nation and the fighters of the resistance front and the Eminent Leader [Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei] for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, and impatiently looks for a decisive and appropriate response to this treacherous assassination,” it added.

Haniyeh, who was in Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, alongside other Axis of Resistance leaders, was martyred along with his bodyguard, in an attack early on July 31.

Ayatollah Khamenei has warned the Israeli regime of a “harsh response” for Haniyeh’s assassination, calling it the Islamic Republic’s duty to avenge the Palestinian resistance leader’s blood.

“The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our homeland and left us bereaved, but it also set the ground for a harsh punishment for itself,” the Leader said.