How Iran Plans to Destroy Israel The Washington Institute https://www.washingtoninstitute.org › policy-analysis › h... Aug 10, 2015 —'Not anti-Semitic': Khamenei defines Iran's goal of 'wiping ... The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com › khamenei-when-iran-s... Nov 15, 2019
Iran leader's call to 'annihilate' Israel sparks fury CNN https://www.cnn.com › 2014/11/10 › world › meast › ir... Nov 10, 2014 — A call by Iran's supreme leader for the elimination of Israel shows that world powers must not rush into a deal on Iran's nuclear program, Netanyahu says.
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Iran
The Iranian man on the right's headband reads "death to Israel" and Hamid Reza Ahmedabadi's on the left reads "death to America." In recent decades, political figures in the Islamic Republic of Iran have consistently advocated for the destruction of Israel as a prominent element in their discourse against the nation. This discourse also encompasses the demonization of Jews, the use of antisemitic tropes, and the denial of the Holocaust.[19]
Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, stated in 2000 that “the cancerous tumor called Israel must be uprooted from the region”, and in 2001 that “the perpetual subject of Iran is the elimination of Israel from the region”.[20][21] In 2013 he labeled Israel a country "doomed to failure and annihilation," deeming it an "illegitimate regime" led by "untouchable rabid dogs" who "cannot be called human beings." He later outlined a nine-point plan for Israel's elimination in 2014.[22]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who served as president of Iran from 2005 to 2013, has consistently called for the elimination of Israel.[23][24] In a 2005 conference titled "A World Without Zionism", he stated: "Our dear Imam (Khomeini) ordered that this Jerusalem occupying regime must be erased from the page of time," and that Iran would “wipe Israel off the map”,[22][25][26] In 2006, he said: "Israel heading towards annihilation”, and in another statement, "The Zionist regime will be wiped out, and humanity will be liberated”. Similar calls were also voiced by Iranian parliament members, philosophers and journalists.[27][5]
During a speech in May 2012, the Chief of Staff of Iran's Ministry articulated the Iranian nation's steadfast commitment to its cause, which is the complete annihilation of Israel. Hojjat al‐Eslam Ali Shirazi, serving as the representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, asserted on October 2, 2012, that Iran needed a mere 23 hours to eliminate Israel. He further alleged that Israel was in close proximity to annihilation.[28]