Thousands mourn Hamas’s Haniyeh at funeral procession in Iran
Al Jazeera
Supreme Leader Khamenei led prayers for Hamas’s political leader as Iran promised revenge for his assassination.
Iran held funeral processions with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in an attack blamed on Israel.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh on Thursday, having earlier threatened a “harsh punishment” for his killing.
In the capital’s city centre, thousands of mourners carrying posters of Haniyeh and Palestinian flags gathered for the ceremony at Tehran University.
Haniyeh and his bodyguard were killed on Wednesday in a strike on their accommodation in Tehran.
It came just hours after Israel targeted and killed top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in a retaliatory strike on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, raising fears of a wider regional war.
