Tehran | WTNS | July 31:The head of the political bureau of the Hamas resistance movement, Ismail Haniyeh, has been assassinated in Tehran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said.

The IRGC announced in a statement on Wednesday morning that Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed when their residence in the Iranian capital was hit in an attack.

The statement said the attack is under investigation and the results will be announced later in the day.

It also offered condolences to the heroic Palestinian nation, the Muslim Ummah (community), fighters of the resistance front and the noble Iranian nation over the martyrdom of the senior Palestinian resistance leader.

The Palestinian resistance leader was in Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The assassination attack took place at around 2 am local time Wednesday.

The funeral service of the Hamas chief will be held in the Iranian capital probably on Thursday, August 1.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the attack is under investigation and the results will be announced later.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the blood of Haniyeh won’t be wasted and will strengthen the deep and inseparable bonds between Iran and Palestine.

The government of Iran declared three days of public mourning for Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh,