[A CA Guy]

If Ahmadinejad ever stated that, even Iranians would remove him.

[JHBowden]

Are you certain?

Rafsanjani has stated that while Islam would suffer substantial casualities in a nuclear war with the west, Israel would be gone forever since it is a "one-bomb state."

The Ayatollahs themselves believe in a theology of death and martyrdom, believing the soul can be purified through violence and sacrifice.