Posted on 05/06/2017 11:44:03 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday criticized the Revolutionary Guards for writing anti-Israel messages on ballistic missiles before testing them, AFP reports.
Speaking at the second presidential election debate ahead of the May 19 vote, Rouhani also criticized his opponents for trying to sabotage the nuclear deal with world powers.
"We saw how they wrote slogans on missiles and showed underground (missile) cities to disrupt the JCPOA (nuclear deal)," he was quoted as having said during the debate.
"Our nation got through these issues because the majority of society chose morality and Islam from day one," he added.
The missile test in question took place in March of 2016. The words “annihilate Israel” were written on the missiles, and Iranian officials claimed the missile systems being developed were needed “to confront the Zionist entity” and to ensure “its collapse”.
Iran argues its missile tests are not banned under the 2015 deal, which curbed its nuclear program in exchange for a lifting of certain sanctions.
Iran has continued to carry out ballistic missile tests despite international condemnations. In February, President Donald Trump's administration enacted new sanctions on Iran in response to the tests.
Rouhani's remarks on the anti-Israel are surprising, given that Iranian leaders continuously threaten Israel and threaten to wipe it off the map. Rouhani, despite being touted by the West as a “moderate”, is no exception.
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no- they’ve discovered that trump may very well reinstall sanctions if they get out of control
Oh, but if they just erase the anti-Israel messages from the missile heads, Trump would be cool./s
If given enough time to develop and test, Iran will annihilate Israel. The missile are consistently marked with Israeli threats.
So not writing anti-Israel graffiti is progress. Not using them on Israel, well...let’s not go too far./s
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