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Iran Says Haniyeh Was Killed by Short-range Projectile

A child holding a Palestinian national flag takes part in a protest against the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in an air strike in Tehran, in Lahore on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
A child holding a Palestinian national flag takes part in a protest against the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in an air strike in Tehran, in Lahore on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
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Iran Says Haniyeh Was Killed by Short-range Projectile

A child holding a Palestinian national flag takes part in a protest against the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in an air strike in Tehran, in Lahore on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
A child holding a Palestinian national flag takes part in a protest against the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in an air strike in Tehran, in Lahore on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was slain in Tehran by a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kg, and vowed severe revenge.

Wednesday's assassination has drawn fears of direct conflict between Tehran and its arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel's war in Gaza and a worsening conflict in Lebanon.

Revenge for the killing of the Hamas leader will be "severe and at an appropriate time, place, and manner," the Guards' statement added, blaming the "terrorist Zionist regime" of Israel for his death.

Iran and Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out the strike that killed Haniyeh hours after he attended the inauguration of Iran's new president.

Israeli officials have not claimed responsibility.

According to Reuters, the statement by the Guards force also accused the "criminal US government" of supporting the attack which Iranian media said was in a northern suburb of Tehran.

Haniyeh was buried on Friday in Qatar, where he was based.

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Abir Moussi Submits Candidacy for Tunisian Presidency from Prison

Head of the Free Destourian Party Abir Moussi. (AFP)
Head of the Free Destourian Party Abir Moussi. (AFP)
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Abir Moussi Submits Candidacy for Tunisian Presidency from Prison

Head of the Free Destourian Party Abir Moussi. (AFP)
Head of the Free Destourian Party Abir Moussi. (AFP)

Members of the defense team of Abir Moussi, head of the Free Destourian Party, submitted on Saturday her candidacy for the presidency of Tunisia to the Independent High Authority for Elections.

The elections are set for October 6.

One of her lawyers said the file has nearly all the required documents.

Moussi, a lawyer and activist, was arrested in front of the presidential palace in October 2023 when she filed an appeal against a presidential decree that she said paralyzed state institutions.

She faces another complaint from the elections authority over remarks that questioned its integrity.

Several opposition members have been jailed on various charges, such as conspiring against the state.

The opposition accuses President Kais Saied and the authorities of exerting pressure on its candidates and undermining democracy.

Saied announced on July 19 that he would seek another five-year term. Elected in 2019, Saied dissolved parliament in 2021 and began ruling by decree in a move the opposition described as a coup. He has said he will not hand over power to what he calls "non-patriots".

As an Aug. 6 deadline for registering as a presidential candidate looms, 11 opposition figures who hope to run against Saied issued a joint statement this week criticizing the authorities, Reuters reported.

"The violations have affected most of the serious candidates to the point that they appear to indicate a desire to exclude them (from the election) and restrict them in order to make way for a specific candidate," they said in the joint statement.

None of the 11 opposition candidates have yet obtained a document certifying that they have no criminal record - a new condition - which will then allow them to register.