Iran has launched an extensive investigation into Ismail Haniya’s murder, the intensity of which shows just how damaging the country’s security failure to prevent such an incident was.
In at least 24 arrests has progressed Iranincluding senior intelligence officers, military officials and workers at a military hostel in Tehran, in response in security gaps that became visible and resulted in the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, as reported by the New York Times citing two Iranians with knowledge of the investigation.
The news of the mass arrests came after the Revolutionary Guards announced in a statement that “The scope and details of this incident are under investigation and will be announced in due course.”
A member of the Guard, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak, said he was not aware of the arrests, but noted that security protocols had been completely overhauled in the past two days for senior officials.
The Guards Corps, which is investigating, has not yet released details of the arrests or the evidence it has gathered so far about the blast, including its cause. But he has sworn a cruel revengeas has Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has ordered a direct strike on Iran, according to three Iranian officials.
In addition, the intensity and scope of the Revolutionary Guards’ investigation reveal the extent to which the assassination has shaken the country’s leadership, the NYT comments. According to the report, the deadly blast, which also killed Haniya’s Palestinian bodyguard, was not just a catastrophic security breakdown, not just a failure to protect a key ally, not just an indication of Mossad’s inability to contain infiltration, nor is it just a humiliating blow to their reputation. It was all of these and more. Because this strike made Iran realize that if Israel managed to target such an important visitor, on a day when the capital was under tight security, and carry out the attack in a highly secure compound equipped with bulletproof windows, air defense and radar, then no one is really safe.
“The perception that Iran cannot protect either its homeland or its key allies could be fatal for the Iranian regime because it effectively signals to its enemies that if they cannot topple the Islamic Republic, they can decapitate it.” , said Ali Vaez, head of Iran at the International Crisis Group.
It is recalled that the New York Times, citing Middle Eastern officials, reported that Haniya was killed by an explosive device planted months ago in the hostel.
Source :Skai
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