Iran Values Israel Makes Mistakes In Killing Hamas Leaders In Taheran

JAKARTA - Iran considers Israel to have made a strategic mistake over the assassination of political leader Hamas Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week

This was conveyed by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Ali Bagheri after attending a meeting of prominent Muslim diplomats from member countries of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, August 8.

"The actions carried out by the Zionists in Tehran are strategic errors because they will be very detrimental to them," Ali said, quoted by AFP.

Although Israel has yet to speak out regarding Haniyeh's death, Iran has vowed to retaliate.

Baheri accused Haniyeh's murder of Israeli evidence of wanting to expand the conflict in the Middle East after attacking Gaza causing as many as 39,600 Palestinians to be killed since October 7, 2023.

"Zionists are not in a position to start the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said.

"They [Israel] do not have the capacity or strength," Ali continued.

The meeting of foreign ministers from 57 OIC member states on Wednesday resulted in a declaration declaring Israel fully responsible for the heinous murder of Haniyeh, who is the main figure in negotiations to end the war in the Gaza Strip.