A funeral procession for Ismail Haniya is underway in Tehran, after the Hamas leader's death in an assassination attempt yesterday. Haniya will then be buried in Qatar. The USA is once again urging all parties to "cease escalating actions".
WorldHere is a summary of the latest developments in the Middle East:
WorldThe US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that "the USA had no knowledge of or was involved in" the attack where Hamas leader Ismail Haniya was killed. Several countries, including Iran, have reacted strongly to the news of the attack.
WorldTerror-labeled Hamas' top leader Ismail Haniya has been killed in Tehran. Hamas blames Israel for the death – and says that it "will not go unanswered". Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mention the attack in a speech, but said that "evil" is being fought.
WorldAn Iranian lawyer who criticized how the government handled the protests in 2022, when massive demonstrations against the regime broke out following the death of a young woman in the morality police's custody, has been arrested.
WorldIran's new president is described as a person who stands for a slightly more open relationship with Europe. But it does not necessarily have to have a greater impact on the situation of the Swedish-Iranian imprisoned researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, according to Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi.
SwedenThe heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian has won the presidential election in Iran. In the election condemned by the outside world, only candidates loyal to the Islamic regime were allowed to stand. And the "reformist" Pezeshkian is expected to have very small chances of changing the closed country.
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