Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday attended a joint funeral in Tehran for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh attends funeral procession of martyr President Ebrahim #Raishi and his inner circle in Tehran. pic.twitter.com/RBQwDniFCf
— IRNA News Agency (@IrnaEnglish) May 22, 2024
Photos of a meeting between Haniyi and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei have been released.
Following the deaths of Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian and other officials in a helicopter crash in Tehran, Iran, on May 22, 2024, Hamas’ political director Ismail Haniyeh He expressed his condolences to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu, via Getty Images)
The event was also attended by officials from other Iranian-backed terrorist organizations, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
The Times of Israel reported:
Iranian state media showed footage of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh attending the rally. Funeral Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed Sunday in a helicopter crash.
Haniyeh, the Palestinian terrorist organization’s top leader, is based in Qatar and frequently moves around the region.
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Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem is also in Tehran for the funeral.
Haniya amassed a multibillion-dollar net worth by embezzling aid and tax revenue while causing the deaths of others.
The U.S. State Department sent condolences ahead of the funeral and terrorist leader’s rally, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended it in response to Senate questions as “normal course of business.”
Asked by Breitbart News if Israel would also offer its condolences, Israeli government spokesman David Mensah said, “No, we do not offer our condolences.” He said the dictatorship led by Raisi was the only example of “Iran, a member of the United Nations, trying to destroy Israel, another member of the United Nations.”
He added that Israel does not share Blinken’s condolences.
“Not a single tear has been shed in Israel over the death of this tyrant. … Such false expressions of regret over what has happened to Iran’s leaders frankly infuriate us.”
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