Israel can’t achieve its goals by assassination: IRGC chief

Major General Salami made the remarks while addressing a ceremony held to commemorate the national day of journalists in Iran on Monday.

Referring to the widespread crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza, he said that the Zionist regime was born in the cradle of terror and does not possess any of the constituent elements of a nation.

The Zionist regime has created a whirlwind of fire around itself and thinks that it can prevent a nation from obtaining nuclear energy by assassinating its nuclear scientists, he added, underlining, “But when they face a decisive response, they realize they miscalculated.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, the IRGC chief hailed the role of journalists in reflecting the truth in different parts of the world, especially in the Gaza Strip.

Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were martyred after their residence was targeted in Tehran on Wednesday, according to a statement released by the IRGC.

Issuing a statement on Saturday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps revealed more details about the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh by the Israeli regime.

“This action was designed and implemented by the Zionist regime and supported by the criminal government of America,” the statement reads.

According to the investigations, the terrorist operation was carried out by firing a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kilograms, along with a strong explosion, from outside the area of ​​the Haniyeh’s place of accommodation, it added.

The IRGC also emphasized that it would avenge the blood of Haniyeh, adding that the terrorist Zionist regime would definitely face severe punishment at the appropriate time and place.