Funeral ceremony held in Tehran for martyr Ismail Haniyeh

Funeral ceremony held in Tehran for martyr Ismail Haniyeh

A funeral ceremony has started today in in the Iranian capital, Tehran, for Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas.

Ismail Haniyeh was cowardly assassination by the Zionist entity on Wednesday, while he was visiting Tehran to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president, Masoud Bezhkishian.

It is scheduled that a funeral prayer will be performed by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, in memory of the martyr Haniyeh.

The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has announced a three-day national mourning period, following the assassination .