PNN – John Kirby, spokesman and strategic communications coordinator of the National Security Council of the United States of America, announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran is still ready to take action against Israel following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political office in Tehran.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, John Kirby, the spokesman and coordinator of strategic communications of the US National Security Council, told reporters on Friday local time about the possible retaliation by Iran and Hezbollah: I am not going to talk about probabilities and explain information evaluations. The situation is still very dangerous. I cannot predict what Iran is going to do. We believe they are still ready to take action. Therefore, we must be ready and we are.
This spokesperson of the US government stated: We have strengthened our military capabilities in the region and we are checking it every day.
Kirby also said: In the case of Hezbollah, I will not enter into a specific intelligence evaluation, but we must definitely take the rhetoric that is published by Hezbollah seriously. We know that almost every day there is an exchange of fire on the border between Lebanon and Israel. The situation should not get out of control.
The spokesperson and strategic communications coordinator of the American National Security Council added: So, right now I can’t point to any specific development that would indicate some kind of imminent action, but to follow what I said before, we take this potential threat very seriously.
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Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political office of Hamas and the negotiator of this movement for the cease-fire agreement, who came to Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the president of Dr. Masoud Pezishkiyan, was martyred.
The public relations of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced in a statement on Wednesday morning (July 31, 2024): With condolences to the heroic nation of Palestine and the Islamic nation and the fighters of the resistance front and the noble nation of Iran, the residence of Mr. Dr. Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political office of the Islamic resistance of Hamas in Tehran, was hit and following this incident, he and one of his bodyguards were killed.
In a message, Dr. Masoud Pezishkiyan, President of the Republic, wrote in response to the martyrdom of “Ismail Haniyeh”: The Islamic Republic of Iran will not fail to protect its territorial integrity, national sovereignty, honor and credibility, and the Zionist regime will soon see the results of its cowardly and terrorist actions.
Yahya al-Sanwar, who Israel believes organized the October 7 attacks, was appointed as the head of Hamas’s political office after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
He, who is 62 years old, was the head of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. In 1989, an Israeli court sentenced Al-Sanwar to four life sentences plus 25 years in prison, but he was finally released after 22 years of imprisonment in 2011 in a prisoner exchange. He is one of the leaders of Hamas, whose name has been included in the alleged wanted list by the United States.
US President Joe Biden has announced that he expects Iran to refrain from attacking Israel if a ceasefire agreement is reached in Gaza. The Democratic President of the United States, who is in the last months of his one-term presidency and has claimed that the last months of his presidency will be focused on trying to achieve peace in the Middle East region (West Asia), said: I am concerned about the situation in the Middle East. The situation has become difficult. We will see what we can do and how Iran will respond. I expect that if there is a ceasefire in Gaza, Iran will refrain from attacking Israel.
In response to the question of whether a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could prevent Iran’s attack, the US president said: I expect it to.
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in response to the question of whether Iran will refrain from attacking the Israeli regime so that the ceasefire negotiations continue? He said: Iran’s response time will be carefully adjusted to ensure that this happens at a moment of maximum surprise. Iran’s response should punish the aggressor for the act of terrorism and violation of Iran’s national sovereignty and strengthen Iran’s deterrence capability to cause deep remorse in the Israeli regime and thus act as a deterrent. He added: In addition, Iran’s response must be carefully adjusted to avoid any possible adverse effect on a possible ceasefire [in Gaza]. Furthermore, Iran’s response must be carefully tailored to avoid any potential adverse impact on a potential ceasefire [in Gaza].