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Iran Continues to Call for Israel's Destruction Despite Nuclear Deal
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Iranian leaders' calls for Israel's destruction have not abated at all since the Iranian nuclear deal was signed in July 2015, former Israel Foreign Ministry director-general Dore Gold said on Wednesday. "There is absolutely no indication of one iota of moderation by the Iranian elite in their hostile intentions toward Israel since the conclusion of the Iran nuclear agreement. Iranian policy in this regard is driven by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In September 2015, Khamenei himself said that the nuclear agreement would not change the destruction of Israel in 25 years. Those who asserted that the Iran nuclear agreement would lead to a moderation of Iranian attitudes were completely wrong." Gold's comments came as the think tank he heads, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, put out a compilation of poisonous statements made by Iranian leaders since the Iran deal was signed. Just three months after the deal was signed, Khamenei himself said: "You [Zionist regime] will not see 25 years from today! By Allah's favor and grace, nothing called the 'Zionist regime' will exist by 25 years from now." Khamenei even re-tweeted himself, saying that the "people" had picked this quote as his most significant remark of the year.