Tehran is under pressure to avenge the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, but analysts said it is balancing multiple factors as it weighs a response.

The crisis comes at an especially delicate moment in Iran, which analysts say is trying to formulate a response that doesn’t let an assassination on its soil go unpunished, while avoiding an all-out war against a powerful adversary. It also comes as a new government in Tehran has taken office, which could be slowing a decision on how to respond.

Iran and Hamas officials have promised to avenge the death of Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, who was killed in Tehran on July 31 after he attended the inauguration of Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran, which backs Hamas, blamed Israel for the assassination. Israeli leaders have not said their forces were responsible.

A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanaan, said that “it is necessary to punish Israel,” echoing comments from other senior Iranian officials. But he also said that “Tehran is not interested in escalating the regional conflicts.”

  • @TropicalDingdong
    26•1 month ago

    A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanaan, said that “it is necessary to punish Israel,” echoing comments from other senior Iranian officials. But he also said that “Tehran is not interested in escalating the regional conflicts.”

    Its like, actually fucking amazing how level headed the region has been at not being baited by Israel into a broader conflict.

    • @[email protected]
      9•1 month ago

      No one in the region wants to possibly get nuked by Israeli forces.

      Or just want to keep showing Israel is actually the child of the region

      • @[email protected]
        9•1 month ago

        This makes so much sense to me - Iran joining in would give an invitation to USA, EU, etc. to join in with Israel, and take away focus from Israel’s war crimes and genocide to instead focus on the new bad guy.

    • @[email protected]
      2•1 month ago

      It’s easy to be level headed when you look at a map and see your entire western border covered in US military bases.

  • @[email protected]
    21•1 month ago

    It’s almost as though our “enemy” is more interested in peace in the Middle East than our “ally.”

    • @gedaliyahOPM
      8•1 month ago

      Let’s not get carried away. Iran is still arming radical extremists including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and Asad. They are a pretty big part of this mess already. But any imperial power knows that it’s one thing to arm militant groups but another entirely to commit your own army.

      • @chonglibloodsport
        13•1 month ago

        Iran is also supplying large numbers of drones to Russia who uses them to kill Ukrainian civilians.

      • @[email protected]
        -2•1 month ago

        Israel attacked a sovereign nation. The other nation said it will retaliate but doesn’t necessarily want to escalate. I don’t see how I’m getting carried away.

        • @samokosik
          -1•1 month ago

          Yeah because terrorists such as Hezbollah and Hamas totally don’t attack Israel

            • @samokosik
              0•1 month ago

              Iran funds those terrorists.

              So you are essentially saying that if Israel created a terrorist organization, started attacking Iran via it and then Iran responds to Israel, it would be Iran who is the aggressive one and starting the conflict, right?

    • @[email protected]
      2•1 month ago

      They aren’t interested in peace, but they are interested in not starting a war they can’t win.

  • @MissJinx
    10•1 month ago

    Organized Religion is the root of all evil. As a woman I want a world without religion. please and thank you

    • @[email protected]English
      6•1 month ago

      Humans are perfectly capable of dividing themselves into factions and fostering hatred of the other without religion, don’t you worry.

    • @teamevil
      -3•1 month ago

      People would find a new evil to worship if given the opportunity.

      • @MissJinx
        6•1 month ago

        tbf they can worship anything they want. My problem is not so much with having faith but with the mass control, kid rape, women killing part of things, that comes from organized religion. When someone gives a dude the power to talk like god it’s never good. Why do people need to have other people teling them how to think all the time?!!! Idiocracy

        • @WhyFlip
          -7•1 month ago

          Organized religion for the most part is a good thing as it tends to control the masses, setting boundaries as to what is right and wrong. Now we have digital pacifiers, the latest means of mass control.