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Xinhua News Agency quoted Iranian state television as reporting that on July 31, local time, the Public Relations Department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran announced in a statement that Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), and a bodyguard were killed in an attack in Tehran, the capital of Iran. The statement said that the cause of the incident is under investigation. (Related reading:）

▲Data map: Haniyeh, leader of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). Photo/IC photo

No one has claimed responsibility for the assassination, but analysts quickly suspected Israel, which had vowed to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders, according to the Associated Press.

Iranian media reported that Haniyeh visited Tehran to meet with Iran's supreme leader and attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's new president.

According to CCTV News, Haniyeh was born in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1963 and was once the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. After Hamas won the legislative council election in 2006, Haniyeh became prime minister. In January 2007, after a conflict between Hamas and the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) led by Palestinian President Abbas, Abbas announced the removal of Haniyeh from the post of prime minister. In June 2007, Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip from Fatah by force.

Editor: Chen Yanting Source: CCTV News

Duty Editor: Gu Li