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Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jerusalemcenter/sworn-to-destruction-20-threats-iranian-leaders-m-hys5
Sworn to Destruction: 20 Threats Iranian Leaders Made Against Israel in 2013
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs-BuzzFeed) Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall and Daniel Rubenstein - Anti-Israel incitement in Iran was never confined to Ahmadinejad. The entire Iranian leadership - including senior clerics, top Revolutionary Guard commanders, and army officers - yearns for the day when Israel will be destroyed. The new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has referred to "the Zionist regime" as an enemy nation and pledged to find a way to achieve Ayatollah Khomeini's long-term goal of ensuring that Israel ceases to exist. "We will not abandon our [armed] struggle until the annihilation of Israel and until we will be able to pray in al-Aqsa mosque." - Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, Commander of the Basij militia. "The enemies are talking about the options on the table. They should know that the first option on our table is the annihilation of Israel." - Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani, Lecturer at religious seminary in Qom. "The Zionist regime will soon be destroyed, and this generation will be witness to its destruction." - Hojatoleslam Ali Shirazi, Supreme Leader's representative in the Revolutionary Guards. "The destruction of Israel is the idea of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and is one of the pillars of the Iranian Islamic regime. We cannot claim that we have no intention of going to war with Israel!" - Ahmad Alamolhoda, Member of the Assembly of Experts. When the Iranians fasten signs on trucks carrying their Shahab-3 missiles calling for Israel to be wiped off the map, they leave little doubt as to their mission.