If there were any doubt about Iran’s despotic, theocratic regime’s intentions regarding the state of Israel, they should have been erased on Sunday with this tweet from the Twitter account of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:
This followed the threat against Israel in April from Ali Shirazi, liaison for Khamenei, when he spoke to the Iranian government’s terrorist arm, the Quds Force:
There have been protestations over the years from various individuals that Iran’s leaders didn’t really want to eradicate the state of Israel; but the constant stream of threats from Iranian leaders plus the fact that they have consistently lied about their efforts to develop nuclear weapons does appear to pose a genuine existential threat to the Jewish state.
In April, speaking to other Arab countries which have sided with Israel against Iran, Khamenei stated, “With an intense and planned struggle, they should force the enemy to retreat toward the point of demise.”
In April 2015, a Kuwait newspaper reported that former president Barack Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli jets before they could reach nuclear facilities in Iran when he was informed Israel might attack them.