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Fears of Regional War as Iran Hosts Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Amid Revenge Calls

Fears of Regional War as Iran Hosts Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Amid Revenge Calls

Mourners congregate around a vehicle transporting the coffins of Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

A funeral procession for the assassinated Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was held in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Thursday, amid fears that his killing, blamed on Israel, could escalate into a regional war. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the prayers over the coffins of Haniyeh and his bodyguard, draped in traditional […]