NEW YORK (Dispatches) -- The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday after Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by an Israeli strike on Iran’s capital. The meeting was held on a request by Iran and supported by representatives of Russia, China and Algeria. Separately, UN chief Antonio Guterres denounced the Israeli assassinations in Tehran as well as Beirut as a “dangerous escalation,” after an Israeli strike on Tuesday evening also martyred top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Lebanon.  Iranian UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani in a letter said the assassinations “suggest an intention to escalate conflict and expand the war through the entire region.” He called on the international community for “decisive action to address these violations and hold the perpetrators accountable.”