Iran has strongly condemned an Israeli attack that killed Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Anadolu Agency reports.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the attack once again proves the “foundation of the Zionist regime is based on terror and crime”.

The Iranian spokesman condemned the Israeli attack as a “violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon,” and called on the UN Security Council to take an “immediate and effective response to these terrorist acts of the Zionist regime”.

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