Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused Israel of attempting to draw his country into a regional war as he pointed to the killing of a leading member of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran more than six weeks ago. “Israel is trying to entangle us in a regional war by the assassination of Haniyeh. We reserve the right to defend ourselves,” the new Iranian president said on Monday during his first press conference following his inauguration. Haniyeh, officially the chairman of Hamas’ Political Bureau, was killed in Tehran on July 31. Israel has neither confirme…