TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday morning saying the assassination of the Hamas leader Ismaeil Haniyeh will “never go in vain”.

“Undoubtedly, the pure blood of this noted mujahid who honorably campaigned against the usurper Zionist regime in liberating the holy Quds and freeing the oppressed Palestinian nation from the clutches of Zionist occupiers will never go in vain,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement.