While Israel attacked the Lebanese capital Beirut last night, Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh was killed in his home in Tehran. The Hamas movement and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed that Haniyeh was killed in an attack carried out by Israel. There was a backlash against Iran on social media.
HE WAS IN TEHRAN FOR THE CEREMONY OF THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN
Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of the new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Around midnight, news came that Haniyeh was killed in his home.
Pezeshkian and Haniye met in Tehran recently
“IRAN WILL NOW MAKE A SUPER VIDEO AND TAKE REVENGE ON ISRAEL”
The criticisms on social media regarding Haniyeh’s murder were particularly directed at the fact that the assassination took place in Tehran, the capital of Iran. One user commented, “The Iranian state is a real paper tiger. If you cannot protect a foreign political leader who has come to your country, then close up shop and go away. Now the Iranian state will make a great video and take revenge on Israel for this.”
Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh (right), Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassim (right 2), Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement Secretary General Ziad al-Nahhale (left 2) and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdus Salam (left)
“THEY COULD NOT PROTECT THE ONE MAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT WITHIN THEIR BORDERS”
Another user accused Iran of “selling out Haniyeh” and expressed his reaction as follows:
“I wonder what Iran sold Haniyeh for? Iran, which has been doing nothing but computer animation for months, could not protect the only man it was supposed to protect within its borders. Our hatred of Iran is not in vain.”
“A PERSON CANNOT STOP THINKING”
Another reaction towards Iran was, “We should approach conspiracy theories with a distance. But it happened in such a process that one cannot help but think that Iran sold Haniyeh in exchange for not touching Hezbollah.”