Top Commander Reiterates Iran's Commitment to Full Annihilation of Israel

[Fozzledick]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said threats and pressures cannot deter Iran from its revolutionary causes and ideals, and stressed that the Iranian nation will remain committed to the full annihilation of the Zionist regime of Israel to the end.

Addressing a defense gathering here in Tehran on Sunday, General Firouzabadi said that nations should realize the threats and dangers posed by the Zionist regime of Israel.

He reiterated the Iranian nation and Supreme Leader's emphasis on the necessity of support for the oppressed Palestinian nation and its causes, and noted, "The Iranian nation is standing for its cause that is the full annihilation of Israel."

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"Wherever Iran interferes, it announces it in a very straightforward manner. For instance, we interfered in confrontations against Israel, which resulted in the (Lebanese) victory in the 33-day war and (Palestinians' victory in) the 22-day (Gaza) war," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing millions of Friday Prayers worshippers on Tehran University Campus in February.

"In future too, we will support and help everyone who opposes the Zionist regime," the Leader underscored.

"The Zionist regime is a real cancerous tumor that should be cut and will be cut, God Willing," Ayatollah Khamenei underscored.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9102112759

Must be another "mistranslation" from "Iran's leading independent news agency".

[Turbineguy]

1. They have

republicans of the American variety in Iran? Who knew?

[Fozzledick]

2. Fundamentalist Totalitarians tend to have the same underlying philosophy

regardless of their particular brand names.

That's why the Republicans supported the creation of the Taliban and supplied arms to the Iranian theocratic dictatorship, they assumed that monotheistic fundamentalists were their natural allies against "godless" Marxism.

Of course the Islamists actually consider atheists (and pagans) to be neutrals ripe for conversion in their holy war against "Satanic" rival monotheists, but conservatives never let reality get in the way of expedient ideology.