Extracts: Iran is angered that the UK, France and the US have not been willing to condemn Haniyeh’s assassination and Iranian diplomats do not see any evidence that Israel will make any new concessions on a ceasefire agreement
Iran also argues that the inability of the UN security council collectively to condemn the assassination means Iran has been left with no alternative but to take unilateral military steps
But as the time between the assassination and an Iranian response nears a fortnight, officials are increasingly briefing that Iran has no intention of provoking a regional war or causing mass civilian casualties inside Israel
Iran is also distracted by the final stages of forming a new cabinet which will be put to parliament for affirmation probably on Sunday Pezeshkian is stressing that he is seeking to form a government of national unity and not just a reformist faction-led administration
The new government is also grappling with public anger over the release of a video showing two teenage girls being arrested and struck by members of the “morality police”. The incident happened in Tehran before the election of the new government but Pezeshkian has called for the episode to be investigated
