China condemned on Wednesday the assassination of the head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in a strike in Tehran, warning that this could lead to “further instability in the regional situation.”
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, “We are deeply concerned about the incident and strongly oppose and condemn the assassination.”
Hamas announced today, Wednesday, the assassination of its political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in an Israeli raid on his residence in Tehran.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard said that “we are studying the dimensions of the incident of Haniyeh’s martyrdom in Tehran and will announce the results of the investigation later.”
Media sources said that the assassination was carried out by a missile launched from outside Iran.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency