Commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army, Ataollah Salehi. Photo: Wikipedia.
The commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army expressed his country’s eagerness for a military confrontation with Israel, and readiness to destroy the Jewish state sooner than the 25-year deadline recently set forth by Ali Khamenei, the pro-Iranian regime Tasnim News Agency reported on Wednesday.
During “Sacred Defense Week,” Iran’s annual commemoration of its war with Iraq, Major General Ataollah Salehi said, “We will annihilate Israel for sure.”
“We are also eager that Israel take (military) action against us sooner, so that we could mark its destruction earlier than the 25 years that has been pledged,” he added.
Salehi also said that by destroying the Jewish state, Iran would be ridding the United States of Israeli influence.
Earlier this month, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued renewed threats against Israel, saying that the Islamic Republic would ensure the Jewish state would no longer exist in 25 years, and warning that, in the meantime, Iran and its proxies would not grant Israel a moment of peace or security.
“[W]e tell them [Israel] that you will basically not witness the 25 years from now, and by God’s grace, nothing called the Zionist regime will exist in the region ,” Khamenei said on September 9.
Source:: The Algemeiner
