Iran vows vengeance after assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
by Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and William Christou i from World news | The Guardian on (#6R2TK)
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Iran's supreme leader has warned Israel that its assassination of Hezbollah's veteran leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, will not go unavenged", as fears of a spiralling conflict in the Middle East grow.
As the shockwaves from Friday evening's airstrike that killed Nasrallah reverberated through the region, and Israel continued to pound targets in Lebanon, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced five days of official mourning on Saturday and called for an urgent meeting of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
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