Iran’s president explains why his country stopped short of immediate response to Haniyeh’s murder

Al-Marsad Newspaper: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that Iran still intends to take revenge for the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, but “does not want to be the cause of a situation of instability” created in the sector.”

Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Pezeshkian said Iran refrained from immediately responding to Haniyeh’s assassination in July, as ceasefire talks appeared to have stalled. and hostilities between Israel and Hamas nearby at the time. .