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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour, and Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Iran says it has duty to punish Israel over killing of Hamas leader in Tehran

Iranians drive past a billboard depicting the president, Masoud Pezeshkian (R), and late the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, at Valiasr Square in Tehran
A Valiasr Square billboard put up in Tehran this week depicts the president, Masoud Pezeshkian (right), and the late Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Iran has called in foreign ambassadors based in Tehran to warn of the country’s moral duty to punish Israel for what it sees as its “adventurism” and law-breaking in assassinating Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader, a week ago in the Iranian capital.

Iran has also secured an emergency meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday where it will try to press Arab states to back its right to take reprisal actions against Israel.

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