After the funeral service in Tehran, Ismail Haniyeh’s remains are expected to be transferred on Friday to Qatar for burial where he lived in exile.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Thousands have attended a funeral procession service for top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
00:06in Tehran, Iran's capital.
00:09Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at Tehran University while Iran's
00:15new president, Massoud Peshishkan, stood next to him.
00:19Haniyeh's remains are expected in Qatar for burial on Friday.
00:24The Hamas political leader came to Tehran to attend the inauguration of Peshishkan.
00:29He was killed in an airstrike that hit his residence in Tehran.
00:33The strike came just hours after Israel targeted a top commander in Iran's ally Hezbollah in
00:39the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
00:42Iranian authorities said the attack is under investigation but haven't provided details.
00:48Israel had pledged to kill Ismail Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group's October
00:537 attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.
00:59For more UN videos visit www.un.org