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No arrests yet made for Hamas chief’s assassination: Iran
The leader of the Palestinian resistance movement was killed on July 31 during a visit for the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The “necessary investigations” have begun and the results will be announced “as soon as the probe is completed,” said Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir. “Until today, no arrests have been made in connection with this case,” he said, adding that the investigations involved Iranian military officials.
Iran’s Revolution Guards Corps said Haniyeh was killed using a “short-range projectile” launched from outside his accommodation in Tehran. Iran and Hamas have blamed Israel and vowed to retaliate. Israel has declined to comment.
On Saturday, the New York Times claimed that Iran had arrested more than two dozen people in connection with Haniyeh’s assassination.
Jahangir dismissed the claims about any arrests as “rumors” and “false.”