2024-08-05 05:31:39
The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh has sparked widespread arrests in Iran to find those involved.
The New York Times writes about this.
Authorities have arrested more than two dozen people, including senior intelligence officers, military officials and employees of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) guesthouse in Tehran.
This came in response to a major security lapse that allowed the assassination of a leading Hamas terrorist, a situation that has become a serious test for the Iranian leadership, according to sources cited by the New York Times.
Haniyeh’s death, coming just hours after the swearing-in of Iran’s new president, highlights the vulnerability of Iran’s security system.
In Tehran, the event has caused deep shock and a realization that even with tight security, no one can feel completely safe. Iranian officials say a bomb was planted in Haniyeh’s room two months before his arrival.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has ordered a retaliatory strike on Israel. The intensity and scope of the investigation by the IRGC’s specialized intelligence unit demonstrates how seriously the Iranian regime is taking the incident.
The incident also exposed Haniyeh’s closeness to Iran’s supreme leader, as the two had met just hours before the assassination. It added further fears in Tehran, undermining confidence in the security of the country’s top officials. At Haniyeh’s funeral on August 2, Khamenei was surrounded by a tighter circle of security guards than usual. In recent days, security protocols for Iran’s top officials have been completely overhauled.
Tehran has not yet provided details about the arrests or the progress of the investigation, but the promise of harsh retaliation and the seriousness of the measures taken underscore how painful Haniyeh’s killing has been for Iran’s leadership.
The incident not only shocked the Iranian regime, but also forced it to rethink many aspects of national security, highlighting deep problems and vulnerabilities that urgently need to be addressed.
Earlier, Cursor reported that the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution gave their version of how Haniyeh was eliminated.
The Revolutionary Guards called Haniyeh’s assassination an “act of terrorism.”