[Jedidah]

I have a question which will surely reveal my ignorance (but I'm rapidly learning more of the Persian mindset):

If the Iranians are neither Arab nor Palestinian, why does the current leadership so hate Israel, even to the point of denying the Holocaust? Is it strictly Islamofacism? Why target the Jews even more rabidly than us Christian "Infidels?"

[TADSLOS]

Is it strictly Islamofacism?

Yes.

[Lejes Rimul]

It's very long and complex, a good starting point would be Keddie's Roots of Revolution. In very, very, short the Iranian Islamists harbor a grudge against American and Israel for supporting the dictatorial Shah, who tried to secularize his country from above.