The assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on 31 July, which came one day after the killing of Hezbollah’s commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, leaves Iran’s leadership humiliated.
That the Israeli assassination occurred in Tehran on the day of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s inauguration speaks to Israel’s continued ability to penetrate Iran’s security apparatus.
In light of these attacks in the Lebanese and Iranian capitals targeting high-ranking figures in the ‘axis of resistance’, the Middle East’s conflict dynamics are intensifying. ….more
