Thousands of mourners join funeral procession for Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran

(1 Aug 2024)
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Tehran, Iran – 1 August 2024
1. Mourners chanting (Arabic): "Death to Israel"
2. Caskets of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard on truck
3. Poster of Haniyeh
4. Mourners throwing flowers at coffins
5. Mourners
6. Mourners rubbing pieces of cloth and other items against coffins for blessings
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mohsen Shammakhi, Tehran resident:
"Iranians are known for their hospitality. They (Israelis) killed our guests in our soil. We thought it was our duty to come here and pay our debt to the martyrs of resistance. God willing we’ll soon take revenge from infidels and arrogance for killing martyrs of resistance."
8. Mourners
9. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mohsen Shammakhi, Tehran resident:
"Israel is now like a cat that has fallen into a pool. It’s clawing at everything. Israel has no way to survive and knows that its end is near. The only choice left is blind assassinations. It’s digging its own grave."
10. Haniyeh’s coffin
11. Mourners
12. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahsa Sedghi, 35, Tehran resident:
"A proportional and more powerful response will be given for sure, because this was done on the Iranian soil. It’s Iran’s duty to avenge this."
13. Various of funeral, mourners, vehicle carrying caskets
STORYLINE:
A funeral procession was held for top Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Thursday.

Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of Palestinian militias he backs prayed Thursday over the coffins of Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel that risked escalating into an all-out regional war.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed over Haniyeh’s coffin at Tehran University while Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian stood next to him.

State television later showed the coffins placed in a truck and moved on the street toward Azadi Square in Tehran and people throwing flowers at them.

After the funeral services in Tehran, Haniyeh’s remains are to be transferred to Qatar for burial Friday.

AP Video shot by Mohsen Ganji

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