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Top Iranian General: Forces in Syria ‘Awaiting Orders’ to Destroy Israel

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Hossein Salami says Tehran also ‘creating might in Lebanon to fight our enemy from there with all our strength’ and eradicate ‘evil Zionist regime’

By Lior Sharon  /  The Times of Israel

n a recent speech, the deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) boasted that the “Islamic army in Syria” in the Golan Heights was awaiting orders to eradicate the “evil regime” of Israel.

He also said the Tehran-backed Hezbollah terror group had 100,000 missiles aimed at Israel.

“We are creating might in Lebanon because we want to fight our enemy from there with all our strength,” he stated. “Hezbollah today has tremendous might on the ground that can on its own break the Zionist regime. The Zionist regime has no strategic-defensive depth.”

In the speech for the anti-Israel al-Quds Day in June, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Hossein Salami said that the dangers Israel faces today are greater than at any time in history.

“Today an international Islamic army has been formed in Syria, and the voices of the Muslims are heard near the Golan,” he said. “Orders are awaited, so that… the eradication of the evil regime [Israel] will land and the life of this regime will be ended for good. The life of the Zionist regime was never in danger as it is now.”

Salami stressed that “the Zionist regime constitutes a threat… to the entire Islamic world. That is the philosophy of the establishment of this regime.”

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader on May 20, 2015, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, arrives at a graduation ceremony of the Revolutionary Guard’s officers, while deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami, second right, former commanders of the Revolutionary Guard Mohsen Rezaei, second left, and Yahya Rahim Safavi salute him in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

He praised Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the 1979 Iranian revolution, for making the destruction of Israel a goal of the regime.

Khomeini “spread the rationale of eradicating Israel as a new notion in the world’s political discourse,” Salami said. “Since then, the Zionist regime is fearful, delusional, and worried.”

Israel has for years warned of Iran’s ongoing attempts to entrench itself in Syria, and has been waging a quiet campaign to prevent Tehran from establishing a new front on its border. That campaign came into the light and shifted into more open conflict in February, when an Iranian drone carrying explosives briefly entered Israeli airspace, before it was shot down. In response Israel launched a counterattack on an air base in Syria, hitting the mobile command center from which the drone had been piloted and killing at least seven members of the IRGC.

Tehran vowed revenge after the T-4 army base strike. On May 10, the IRGC’s al-Quds Force launched 32 rockets at Israel’s forward defensive line on the Golan Heights border. Four of them were shot down; the rest fell short of Israeli territory.

Satellite images of the T-4 base in Syria before and after an airstrike on April 9 (Screenshot/Channel 10)

In response, over the next two hours, Israeli jets fired dozens of missiles at Iranian targets in Syria and destroyed a number of Syrian air defense systems. The operation was widely seen as a success in Israel.

But Salami boasted of Iran’s success in launching the rockets, claiming the barrage silenced Israel.

“When the Zionists bombed the T-4 base in Syria and killed some young men, they thought that they would get no reaction. They thought that America’s and England’s support could frighten the resistance front. They thought that no one would respond,” Salami said. “But the response came in the Golan, and dozens of missiles were fired, along with the message ‘If you respond, we will flatten the heart of Tel Aviv into dust.’ They were silent, and did nothing further.”

Iran has been accused by Israel, the Trump administration, Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries of supporting terrorism and instability in the region.

Salami blamed Israel for all the Middle East’s troubles.

“All the problems of the Islamic world stem from the existence of the false, counterfeit, historically rootless, and identity-less regime named Israel,” he said.

On Sunday Syrian air defenses were activated near the T-4 air base, in response to an airstrike on the facility, which Syrian state media attributed to the Israeli military, although as a rule, the Israeli military does not comment on its operations abroad.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-iranian-general-forces-in-syria-lebanon-awaiting-orders-to-destroy-israel/

More great articles here: https://www.timesofisrael.com

 



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    • b4

      go ahead and start a fight big talking general payne–iran will be in the dust bowl of history in about 1 hour–excuse me,1 half hour–bunch of loud mouth punks–same shett for 40 years–sick of your a tol laas and the stupid morons who run u run,er,iran–you fought iraq to a draw for years–the usa took out iraq with one hand tied behind its back in a day-jackasses

      • LifeIs

        If Israel wants war with Iran, let Israel have war with Iran.

        But no, the US did not defeat Iraq quickly. It took a 42 day war in 1991, followed by a 12 year air war, followed by another 42 day ground war, followed by an 8 year occupation.

    • nomorelabels

      The world is war weary and tired of propaganda. Iran has never attacked anyone in their history as far as I am aware. The problem is not with Iranian people, but as with many countries, it is their leadership, often religious crazies trying to control everyone in some form or fashion or they are outright tyrants. Look at Saudi Arabia and how they use religion to murder their own.

      Israel on the other hand has their own history of war by means of deception such as the Mossad creed states. Iran knows well that most westerners believe the hype and propaganda, as well as they do with Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, etc.

      Just mention the word ‘terrorism’ and most believe the story without even looking deeper into the claims.

      How great would it be if people just learned to co-exist without all the religious labels and violent psycho’s. Most folks abhor war and violence, unless it is a JUST war which we have not seen for a very long time.

      War is profitable…that is a fact.

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