Iran files judicial case for Hamas chief’s assassination, no one arrested yet

TEHRAN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Asghar Jahangir said on Tuesday the country has filed a case for investigating the assassination of Hamas Politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh, but no arrest has been made so far.
He made the remarks at a weekly press conference in the Iranian capital while elaborating on the measures implemented by the country’s judicial apparatus in relation to the Hamas chief’s assassination in Tehran last week in an attack allegedly carried out by Israel, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
Jahangir added the case was filed immediately after the incident at the order of Ahmad-Reza Pourkhaqan, president of the Judiciary Organization of the Armed Forces.
He also rejected recent rumors about arrests in connection with the assassination case, noting that no one had been detained yet.
He emphasized that following a special directive by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, the case had been placed on the agenda of the country’s judicial apparatus, and all its dimensions would be investigated decisively and seriously.
Jahangir said that Iran would use all domestic and international capacities to respond to Haniyeh’s assassination.
Haniyeh, who had been invited to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony last Tuesday, was killed along with his bodyguard early Wednesday when their residence in Tehran was hit, according to Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
Iran accused Israel of carrying out the “terrorist attack” and vowed “a harsh and painful response.” ■