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Hamas Leader Haniyeh Travels to Iran for Meetings With Top Officials, Speaks of Israel’s ‘Political Isolation’
Illustrative: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran, June 21, 2023. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA via Reuters
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh traveled to Iran to meet Iranian officials on Tuesday, one day after the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group.
Iran, whose leaders routinely call for Israel’s destruction, has backed Hamas in the nearly six-month war with the Jewish state. The Iranian regime has for years provided Hamas, which also aims to destroy Israel, with arms, funding, and training.
“Iran stands at the forefront of supporting the cause and people of Palestine,” Haniyeh said during a press conference in Tehran. “I extend special thanks to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, the President of Iran, and the people of Iran.”
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani called Monday’s UN resolution a “positive step”.
“A more important step is effective action for its implementation,” Kanaani said.
The United States abstained from the UN vote, adding to growing tensions between its ally Israel and the Biden administration.
Hamas welcomed the UN resolution but said the ceasefire must be permanent.
“Although this resolution came late and there may be some gaps that need to be filled, the resolution itself indicates that the Israeli occupation is experiencing unprecedented political isolation,” Haniyeh told a press conference in Tehran.
The Hamas chief, who is reportedly a billionaire and lives a life of luxury abroad in Qatar, also argued that Israel is “losing political cover and protection even in the Security Council” and that “the US is unable to impose its will on the international community.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was at the news conference with Haniyeh but made no comment. The two men met earlier on Tuesday.
According to Iranian press reports, Haniyeh is scheduled to meet other senior officials during his visit.
Tuesday marked Haniyeh’s second visit to Iran since the outbreak of the war in Gaza on Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel, murdered 1,200 people, and kidnapped 253 others as hostages.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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