Hawzah News Agency- The text of Shia source of emulation Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi's message is as follows:

In the name of God

The news of the cowardly assassination of Mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's political office, and a number of other commanders and mujahids of the Resistance Front in Lebanon and Iraq caused grief and sorrow.

The movement against the aggressors and occupiers has made the Zionist enemy so desperate that it has destroyed its false reputation by violating all human principles and international and humanitarian laws, by bombing and trying to hide its weakness by killing helpless people and oppressed women and children, and on the other hand, they are trying to weaken the resistance front by assassinating the leaders of the movement.

But as God Almighty says: Believers will reach the Oneness of God, either they will taste the sweetness of victory or they will attain the bliss of martyrdom, both of which are full of merit. But what lies in wait for the oppressors is the defeat and divine punishment that will come upon them at the hands of the Islamic Ummah, God willing.

Of course, it is necessary for Iran's powerful military and security forces to severely punish the vengeful enemy in defense of the unjustly assassination of the guest of Islamic Iran.

I ask God Almighty for divine blessing for these martyrs, the patience and reward for the survivors, especially the oppressed people of Palestine, and the honor of the Islamic Ummah.

Peace be upon you and may God have mercy on you

Qom - Nasser Makarem Shirazi