News - Iran defense minister: Consequences of Hamas official’s assassination by Israel will fall on US

The Iranian defense minister warned the US to brace itself for the consequences of the Israeli assassination of Deputy Chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, Tasnim reported.  Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a government cabinet session on Wednesday, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said the assassination of the aforesaid senior Hamas official will bedevil the US. “The US has upset regional balance, and the consequences of this [Israeli] assassination [of Arouri] will beset them,” he warned. Such moves against the resistance forces will only strengthen regional solidarity against the American policies, the Iranian minister noted, warning Washington that “its strategic mistakes will agitate the region and cause the US plans to backfire.” Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli drone strike on Lebanese capital Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh on Tuesday.