Hamas’ political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed early Wednesday in the capital of Iran, the Palestinian militant group announced.

Haniyeh, 62, was assassinated in Tehran after he attended the inauguration ceremony for Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Hamas said.

Haniyeh “died as a result of a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran,” it said in a statement on Telegram.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed that Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards had been…