Commander of Iranian Army Vows to Destroy Israel
Sun, September 27, 2015
Ataollah Salehi, speaking to the press (Screenshot: Reuters video)
Speaking at a parade of its armed forces where Iran showcased its
long-range ballistic missiles, the head of the Iranian army vowed to
destroy Israel.
“Israel only barks, no matter how much weapons are given to [it], we are going to destroy them, we will promise this task will be done,” said Ataollah Salehi, as quoted by the Fars News Agency and translated by the Washington Free Beacon.
Referring to Hamas and Hezbollah, Salehi said, “We are glad that we are in the forefront of executing the supreme leader’s order to destroy the Zionist regime,” he said. “They have been hit by those supported by us [Iran] even though they have not confronted us directly; if they confront us directly they will be destroyed.”
The parade took place in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani and many senior military commanders, according to Fars, to “send a clear message regarding the seriousness of Iran in the field of designing, developing and utilizing these missiles.”
Flaunting the current nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers which places restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program for the next eight years, Salehi also said, ”Iran won’t accept restrictions on our missile program and we will not allow inspection of our military sites.”
In other news, the commander of the Iranian navy, Habibollah Sayyari, announced
that the Iranian navy will have a joint drill with the Russian navy. He
added that an Iranian Navy flotilla would visit Russia in coming
months.
“We have recently had joint drills with Indian and Russian flotillas in our territorial waters,” he said, adding that the 36th flotilla of the Iranian navy is now patrolling in the Gulf of Aden.
“Israel only barks, no matter how much weapons are given to [it], we are going to destroy them, we will promise this task will be done,” said Ataollah Salehi, as quoted by the Fars News Agency and translated by the Washington Free Beacon.
Referring to Hamas and Hezbollah, Salehi said, “We are glad that we are in the forefront of executing the supreme leader’s order to destroy the Zionist regime,” he said. “They have been hit by those supported by us [Iran] even though they have not confronted us directly; if they confront us directly they will be destroyed.”
The parade took place in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani and many senior military commanders, according to Fars, to “send a clear message regarding the seriousness of Iran in the field of designing, developing and utilizing these missiles.”
Flaunting the current nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers which places restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program for the next eight years, Salehi also said, ”Iran won’t accept restrictions on our missile program and we will not allow inspection of our military sites.”
“We have recently had joint drills with Indian and Russian flotillas in our territorial waters,” he said, adding that the 36th flotilla of the Iranian navy is now patrolling in the Gulf of Aden.
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