2024-08-02 09:42:41
Tehran: Israel killed Ismail Haniyya, the political chief of its arch enemy Hamas, on Wednesday morning, July 31. Iran is furious after Haniyya’s death, because Israel chose its capital Tehran to kill Haniyya. The Hamas chief was a state guest of Iran, where he had gone to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Giving information about the attack, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said that Israel will be given a harsh and painful punishment for its actions. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called it Iran’s duty to take revenge for Haniyya’s murder. Meanwhile, Iran has hoisted a red flag of revenge on the Jamkaran Mosque, located 120 km from Tehran. Pictures and videos of the flag being hoisted on the Jamkaran Mosque have surfaced in the Iranian media. Putting a flag on this mosque means that Iran has declared war. Before knowing more about this flag, let us know what Supreme Leader Khamenei has said about taking revenge from Israel. According to a statement issued in Iran’s state media, Khamenei said that by killing Haniya, the ‘criminal Jewish regime has prepared the basis for its punishment.’ He further said that ‘Haniya was our dear guest, who was murdered on our land. It is our duty to avenge him.’
The red flag has been hoisted before
This flag on the Jamkaran Mosque is called the flag of revenge. It is hoisted when Iran announces revenge for someone’s death or attack. The red flag was hoisted on the Jamkaran Mosque after the assassination of General Qasim Soleimani, the top commander of the Iranian Quds Force, on January 3, 2022. Soleimani was killed in an American airstrike in Iraq. This flag was hoisted on January 5 this year, when a bomb exploded at an event organized on the anniversary of Qasim Soleimani’s death. More than 80 people were killed in this.
How was Haniya murdered?
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has said that Ismail Haniya was killed in a missile attack on Wednesday morning at 1:45 am local time. The Revolutionary Guard blamed Israel for this. Haniya had gone to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s new President and stayed there. At the same time, Arab media portal Amwaz has quoted an Iranian source as saying that Haniya was staying in the premises of the Iranian President’s residence and he was targeted there. The Iranian source has said that Haniya’s Palestinian bodyguard was involved in his murder. It has claimed that he was killed after his bodyguards leaked information.