OIC holds Israel “fully responsible” for Hamas leader assassination
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has held the Israeli regime as ‘fully responsible’ for an attack that martyred the politburo leader of Hamas resistance movement in Tehran.
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The Statement issued following an emergency meeting by 57-nation bloc says it ‘holds Israel, the illegal occupying power, fully responsible for the heinous attack’.
A statement issued after an extraordinary meeting of the 57-member bloc on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia said it “holds Israel, the illegal occupying power, fully responsible for this heinous attack”, which it described as “a serious infringement” of Iran’s sovereignty.
The Gambia’s Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara, whose country chairs OIC, condemned as ‘heinous’ the assassination of Hamas leader warning that the ongoing war in Gaza could lead to a regional conflict.
“The aggression and violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the assassination of a political leader on its soil is an act that cannot be viewed in isolation,” Tangara said.
“This heinous act serves only to escalate the existing tensions potentially leading to a wider conflict that could involve the entire region.”
Iran and Palestine had called for the OIC meeting in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah. The bloc describes itself as the collective voice of the Muslim world.
Host Saudi Arabia also said Haniyeh’s assassination was“blatant violation” of Iran’s sovereignty.
The kingdom’s deputy foreign minister, Waleed al-Khereiji, said his country rejects “any violation of the sovereignty of states or interference in the internal affairs of any country”.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned of a "harsh response" to the atrocity, and reaffirmed the Islamic Republic's duty to avenge the blood of the resistance leader.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has also said the assassination warranted a harsh and stinging response from the forces of the Axis of Resistance, particularly the Islamic Republic.
