Islamic Fascist Republic threatened annihilation since the '90s

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1. COLUMN ONE: Hezbollah: The Latin Connection : Bombings in Argentina and Panama prompt concern over the radical group's growing presence in the region. Experts say lax security and porous borders create a prime base for terrorists, by Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, August 04, 1994.
   

   The embassy's cultural affairs officer, Imam Mohsen Rabbani, rose. "Israel," he intoned in accented Spanish, "must disappear from the face of the Earth." He and a dozen speakers who followed quoted Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and called for unity in the fight against Zionism and the satanism of the West

2. Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America. United States: Lexington Books, 2014. 15.
   

   Mohsen Rabbani, who in 1991 stood before a group of Shi'ite Muslims and radical right-wing Argentine activists and stated openly, “Israel must disappear from the face of the Earth,” to universal applause.

3. "Iran's Rafsanjani Suggests Nuclear Attack on Israel," World Tribune (London), December 17, 2001.
   

   One of Iran’s most influential ruling clerics called on the Muslim states to use nuclear weapon against Israel, assuring them that while such an attack would annihilate Israel, it would cost them "damages only". The speech by former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani failed to catch the attention of the western press but made waves in the Middle East. "If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in its possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate because application of an atomic bomb would not leave anything in Israel but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world", Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani told the crowd at the traditional Friday prayers in Tehran. In Washington Sunday, administration officials said the United States does not plan to target Iran in the war against terrorism. "Iran is a situation where there are clearly some pressures from young people, there are pressures from women in that country," U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. "Iran had a different history than Iraq. I don't know, if nothing else happened and one looked at those two countries, I would say the likelihood of Iraq reforming itself is zero. The possibility, the remote possibility of Iran reforming itself is considerably above zero." Dr. Assad Homayou, president of the Azadegan Foundation in Washington, D.C. agreed. "To me the issue is not nuclear weapons but the responsibility of the regime," he said. "This regime is not responsible and that is why I have always emphasized that the removal of this regime is imperative. As the U.S. secretary of defense said the situation with Iran is different from that of Iraq. People only need the moral support of the United States." Analysts told the Iranian Press Service that Rafsanjani's speech marks the first time a prominent leader of the Islamic Republic had openly suggested the use of nuclear weapon against the Jewish State. Rafsanjani advised Western states not to pin their hopes on Israel's violence because it will be "very dangerous". "We are not willing to see security in the world is harmed", he said, warning that a war "of the pious and martyrdom seeking forces against peaks of colonialism will be highly dangerous and might fan flames of World War III." Rafsanjani, who, as the Chairman of the Assembly to Discern the Interests of the State, is the Islamic Republic’s number two man after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was speaking on "International Qods (Jerusalem) Day" which is celebrated in Iran only. The Pentagon, which has pressed for a second stage in the U.S. war against terrorism, does not support any military campaign against Iran. Instead, officials have urged that Washington target the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. On Monday, Iranian President Mohammed Khatami said the stifling of dissent in the country could spark a new wave of student protests, Middle East Newsline reported. Over the last 20 months, officials said, 56 publications have been closed. This includes 24 daily newspapers.
   
   U.S. officials acknowledge that Iran is more advanced than Iraq in both missile development and weapons of mass destruction. They said that Iran, with Russian help, has succeeded in advancing its nuclear project and they could arrive at weapons capability as early as 2005.

4. Rubenstein, R. L. (2010). Jihad and Genocide. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 122.
   

   An even more ominous threat was anuttered on January 31, 2002, by Ahmadinejad's superior, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who called for continued terrorism against the “cancerous tumor of Zionism . .,” a biological metaphor often used by political leaders to express genocidal intend.

5. Ewen MacAskill and Chris McGreal, Israel should be wiped off map, says Iran's president, The Guardian, 26 Oct 2005.
6. Top Commander Reiterates Iran's Commitment to Full Annihilation of Israel, FARS News Agency, May 20, 2012.
7. Margaret Wente, Opinion: Cut off Iran? It’s about time, The Globe and Mail, Sep 11, 2012.
8. Reza Kahlili, Iran committed to 'full annihilation of Israel,' says top Iranian military commander, The Daily Caller, via Yahoo News, May 20, 2012.
   

   “The Iranian nation is standing for its cause and that is the full annihilation of Israel,” Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said in a speech...

9. Yoel Goldman, War with ‘cancerous tumor Israel’ will eventually happen, says Iranian general, TOI, 22 September 2012.
   

   Commander of Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari claims Iran will ‘destroy the Jewish state’

10. Iran’s Khamenei: We Will Arm Palestinians Until Israel is Wiped Off Map, Algemeiner July 25, 2014.
11. ISRAEL MUST BE 'WIPED OFF MAP' AND IRAN HAS 'THE CAPACITY' - Iran Guards chief: Destroying Israel now not a dream but an ‘achievable goal’,
    

    In claim prominently reported in Iran, Major General Hossein Salami declares Tehran able to annihilate 'the impostor Zionist regime'

    By AFP and TOI STAFF, 30 September, 2019.
12. Asher Stockler, Iran's Supreme Leader 'Echoing Hitler's Call for Genocide' With Palestine 'Resistance' Post, Mike Pompeo Says, Newsweek, 5/22/20.
    

    “Khamenei's threats to carry out ‘The Final Solution’ against Israel bring to mind the Nazi 'Final Solution' plan to annihilate the Jewish People,” the Israeli prime minister's office wrote on Twitter.

13. Brian Bennet, "Exclusive: Iran Steps up Efforts to Sow Discord Inside the U.S., Time Magazine, June 7, 2021.
14. Benjamin Weinthal, Iranian Brig.-Gen. urges destruction of Israel prior to nuke talks, JPost, Nov 28, 2021.
    

    "We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter..."

15. Iran Rep. Urges Israel's 'annihilation' Before Nuclear Talks, i24news, Nov 28, 2021.
    

    Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a top-level spokesperson for Iran's armed forces, called for the destruction of Israel on Saturday.

16. Lt. Col. M. Segal, (Iran: "Israel's nuclear weapons will not prevent its destruction (sic)", JCPA, March 11, 2022.
    

    Iran threatens retaliation for killing IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) men in attack on Syria ...
    
    The Iranian leader's mouthpiece, 'Kayhan', wrote in its editorial (March 10) that "the time has come to teach an unforgettable lesson to the Zionist entity during the few years left until its eventual eradication from Palestinian land. Israel is wrong if it thinks it has nuclear weapons, from which the International Atomic Energy Agency has hidden an eye, will save it from destruction." At the funeral, the words of the Iranian leader in 2015 were mentioned, according to which Israel will cease to exist for another 25 years, and it was emphasized that the action in Syria is approaching this date.

17. Nir Dvori, The Mossad thwarted Iran's attempt to harm Israeli diplomats in Istanbul, N12, 30/04/22
    

    The suspect in the assassination attempt is a member of the Revolutionary Guards

Iran leader’s call to ‘annihilate’ Israel. sparks fury as nuclear deadline looms
Josh Levs, CNN. November 10, 2014. https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/10/world/meast/iran-annihilate-israel/index.html

Top Iranian general vows to ‘annihilate’ Israel.
Former Basij militia chief says no country can mediate between Tehran and Jewish state: 'I myself will hoist the flag of the Islamic Revolution in Jerusalem, Allah willing'
By ToI Staff and AP.
10 January 2019, 6:56 pm https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-iranian-general-vows-to-wipe-out-annihilate-israel/amp/

Khamenei once again insists on the annihilation of Israel.
May 23, 2020. Khamenei once again insists on the annihilation of Israel

Iran’s doomsday clock for Israel’s end halts amid power cuts.
Public timer, which is set to mark destruction of Jewish state in 2040 as predicted by Khamenei, reportedly stops working amid rolling blackouts that are crippling Iranian life.
By ToI Staff and AP
7 July 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-doomsday-clock-for-israels-end-halts-amid-power-cuts/amp/

 

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