Netanyahu says that Israel's campaign in Iran is 'not over yet' "Iran wanted to eliminate us. Now it is fighting to survive"

“The Iranian regime is begging for a ceasefire; there are internal conflicts among the leadership there," he said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday evening that there was “still more to do” in Iran as US and Iranian negotiators met in Islamabad to discuss a potential ceasefire.

“The campaign is not over yet. Iran wanted to eliminate us. Now it is fighting to survive. We still have more to do. We were the first to break the barrier of fear to act in Iran. I remember the excitement, the pride.”

Islamic fascist Republic real Genocide threats since 1991

* Karmon, Ely. Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America. Lexington Books, 2014, p. 15.
‘Mohsen Rabbani, who in 1991 stood before a group of Shi’ite Muslims and radical right-wing Argentine activists and stated openly, “Israel must disappear from the face of the Earth,” to universal applause.’
https://books.google.com/books?id=oqDYBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15

* “Arabs: Attacks Threaten Talks,” Anwar Faruqi, The Associated Press, Lakeland Ledger, July 27, 1993.
‘... Iran, which vows to annihilate Israel, called on the international community to stop the attacks.’
https://books.google.com/books?id=R09QAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3

* Wilkinson, Tracy. “COLUMN ONE: Hezbollah: The Latin Connection.” Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1994.
‘The embassy’s cultural affairs officer, Imam Mohsen Rabbani, rose. “Israel,” he intoned in accented Spanish, “must disappear from the face of the Earth.” He and a dozen speakers who followed quoted Iran’s late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and called for unity in the fight against Zionism and the satanism of the West.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-04-mn-23412-story.html

* Teitelbaum, Joshua. “Analysis: Iran’s talk of destroying Israel must not get lost in translation,” Jerusalem Post, June 22, 2008.
The Statements of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In the Iranian system, the highest ranking political authority is the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989. Khamenei has made statements about Israel similar to Ahmadinejad. In a Friday sermon on December 15, 2000 (shown on Iranian TV), he declared: “Iran’s position, which was first expressed by the Imam [Khomeini] and stated several times by those responsible, is that the cancerous tumor called Israel must be uprooted from the region.”
A month later on January 15, 2001, at a meeting with organizers of the International Conference for Support of the Intifada, he stated: “The foundation of the Islamic regime is opposition to Israel and the perpetual subject of Iran is the elimination of Israel from the region.”
Iranian journalist Kasra Naji translated this sentence from the original Farsi as follows: “It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20080628060759/http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1213794295236&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter

* “Iran Top Terrorist Sponsor, Us. Says,” Associated Press, Star-News, May 1, 2001.
‘... Iran’s leaders demonstrated Iran’s unrelenting hostility to Israel,” the report said. “Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei continued to refer to Israel as a ‘cancerous tumor’ that must be removed.’
https://books.google.com/books?id=IQ5PAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2

* “Iran’s Rafsanjani Suggests Nuclear Attack on Israel.” World Tribune, December 17, 2001.
http://web.archive.org/web/20011217215125/https://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_4.html

* “Iranian leader: Wipe out Israel.” CNN, Oct 27, 2005. https://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/ahmadinejad/;
Staff, “’Celebrations won’t stop Israel’s annihilation’”. The Jerusalem Post, May 14, 2008.
Ahmadinejad: Region’s nations will use “smallest, shortest opportunity” to “uproot this regime.”
https://www.jpost.com/iranian-threat/news/celebrations-wont-stop-israels-annihilation

* Cohen, Dudi. “Iran: Cancerous Israel to be destroyed by Hizbullah,” Ynetnews, Feb. 18, 2008. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3508176,00.html

* Rubenstein, Richard L. Jihad and Genocide. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010, p. 122. https://books.google.com/books?id=UyNR4AAevwIC&pg=PA122

* MacAskill, Ewen, and Chris McGreal. “Israel should be wiped off map, says Iran’s president.” The Guardian, October 26, 2005. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/27/israel.iran

* “Ex-Mossad chief: Take Iran seriously.” Ynet, March 5, 2006. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3246764,00.html

* “Top Commander Reiterates Iran’s Commitment to Full Annihilation of Israel.” FARS News Agency, May 20, 2012. http://web.archive.org/web/20120520131117/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9102112759

* Cohen, Dudi. “Iranian scientist’s goal: To annihilate Israel.” Ynet, February 23, 2012. ‘Wife of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, nuclear scientist assassinated in Tehran says she knew her husband would become martyr and that Israel’s destruction was his goal.’
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4193784,00.html

* Staff, “’Iran must attack Israel by 2014’.
Khamenei strategist releases document providing legal, religious justification for annihilation of Jewish people.”
The Jerusalem Post, February 20, 2012.
https://www.jpost.com/iranian-threat/news/iran-must-attack-israel-by-2014

* “Inciting Genocide Is a Crime.”
Wall Street Journal. May 1, 2012. Robert Bernstein, Irwin Cotler and Stuart Robinowitz.
A website affiliated with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared in February that Iran would be justified in killing all Israeli Jews - which Tehran’s long-range missiles could accomplish in nine minutes, boasted the site. Khamenei has called Israel a “cancerous tumor that must be removed” and declared that there is “justification to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and Iran must take the helm.” Also in February, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hosted Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Tehran, as billboards in the city declared that it is every Muslim’s duty to “wipe out” Israel. “If all the Jews gathered in Israel, it would save us the trouble of going after them world-wide,” Nasrallah has said. “It is an open war until the elimination of Israel and until the death of the last Jew on the earth.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303592404577364283553552766
https://www.dailyalert.org/archive/index.php?id=34145

Kahlili, Reza. “Iran committed to ‘full annihilation of Israel,’ says top Iranian military commander.” Daily Caller via Yahoo News, May 20, 2012. https://news.yahoo.com/iran-committed-full-annihilation-israel-says-top-iranian-033409439.html

* Zitun, Yoav. “IDF chief on Iran: All options on the table.” Ynet, July 31, 2012.
‘At army induction center, Gantz says Iran ‘only country developing nukes while threatening to annihilate another country’’ https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4262834,00.html

* Paraszczuk, Joana. “’To annihilate Israel we need 24 hours, an excuse’”. The Jerusalem Post, October 2, 2012.
Khamenei’s Qods Force representative claims Israel could not win “war of attrition” and is desperate, “close to annihilation.”
https://www.jpost.com/iranian-threat/news/to-annihilate-israel-we-need-24-hours-an-excuse

* Goldman, Yoel. “War with ‘cancerous tumor Israel’ will eventually happen, says Iranian general.” Times of Israel, September 22, 2012. https://www.timesofisrael.com/war-with-cancerous-tumor-israel-will-eventually-happen-says-iranian-general/

* Kais, Roi. “Abbas thanks Iran for backing PA’s UN bid.” Ynet, February 6, 2013. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4341951,00.html

* Solomon, Ariel Ben. “Khamenei: ‘Israeli regime is doomed to failure, annihilation’.” Jerusalem Post, November 20, 2013. https://www.jpost.com/iranian-threat/news/khamenei-israeli-regime-is-doomed-to-failure-annihilation-332403

* “Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Calls For The Annihilation Of Israel.” MEMRI, July 28, 2014. https://www.memri.org/reports/iranian-supreme-leader-khamenei-calls-annihilation-israel

* “Iran’s Khamenei: We Will Arm Palestinians Until Israel is Wiped Off Map.” Algemeiner, July 25, 2014. http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/07/25/irans-khamenei-we-will-arm-palestinians-until-israel-is-wiped-off-map/

* Levs, Josh. “Iran leader’s call to ‘annihilate’ Israel sparks fury.” CNN, November 10, 2014. https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/10/world/meast/iran-annihilate-israel/index.html;
“Iranian Supreme Leader Calls for Israel’s ‘Annihilation’”, Marisa Newman, The Times of Israel, November 9, 2014. http://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-supreme-leader-calls-for-israels-annihilation/ ;
Boteach, Shmuely. “No holds barred: Iran pays no price for threatening Jewish annihilation.”
The Jerusalem Post, Apr 2, 2015 — In November he tweeted that “there is no cure for Israel utter than annihilation.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/no-holds-barred-iran-pays-no-price-for-threatening-jewish-annihilation-395982

* Paraszczuk, Joana,”’To annihilate Israel we need 24 hours, an excuse’”. The Jerusalem Post, October 2, 2012.
Khamenei’s Qods Force representative claims Israel could not win “war of attrition” and is desperate, “close to annihilation.”
https://www.jpost.com/iranian-threat/news/to-annihilate-israel-we-need-24-hours-an-excuse

* Staff, “Iranian Revolutionary Guard chief: Israel should expect destructive thunderbolts.” The Jerusalem Post, January 20, 2015.
“The Revolutionary Guard is committed to the annihilation of the Zionist regime,” Iranian media quoted the general as saying.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iranian-revolutionary-guard-chief-israel-should-expect-destructive-thunderbolts-388332

* “Iran’s Supreme Leader publishes new book outlining ‘annihilation’ of Israel.” EU Reporter, August 3, 2015. https://www.eureporter.co/world/2015/08/03/irans-supreme-leader-publishes-new-book-outlining-annihilation-of-israel-giving-iran-full-reign-in-mid

* Staff, “Iran Official: We’ll Bolster Our Military Until Israel Is Overthrown”, The Times of Israel, September 2, 2015.
In its report on Gen. Kazzemeini’s speech Wednesday, Fars recalled that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an address to Tehran students last year, called for the “full annihilation and destruction of the Zionist regime.” http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-official-well-bolster-our-military-until-israel-is-overthrown/

* Thomas Erdbrink, Thomas, “Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Israel Won’t Exist in 25 Years,”
The New York Times, September 9, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/world/middleeast/iran-ayatollah-khamenei-israel-will-not-exist.html ;
“Iran’s Khamenei: Israel won’t exist in 25 years,” CNN, September 11, 2015 — ‘Israel will not exist in another quarter century, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said during a speech in Tehran, state-run media report.’
https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/middleeast/iran-khamenei-israel-will-not-exist-25-years

* “Iranian commander: Missiles ready for the ‘annihilation’ of Israel.”
‘Hossein Salami is deputy head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is under the command of the country’s Supreme Leader.’ By JTA, July 8, 2016.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iranian-commander-missiles-ready-for-the-annihilation-of-israel-459859

* L. Todd Wodd, “Iran Threatens to Destroy Israel—Again”, The Washington Times, December 12, 2016. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/12/iran-threatens-destroy-israel-again/ ;
Eichner, Itamar. “Netanyahu to Iran: Don’t threaten us; we’re not a rabbit, we’re a tiger.” Ynet, December 14, 2016. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4893217,00.html

* “Unveiling Clock Showing 8,411 Days Left for Israel, Iranians Rage against Jewish State,” Times of Israel, June 23, 2017.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranians-parade-missiles-shout-death-to-israel-in-annual-rally/

* “We Will End Israel’s Life In less Than 25 Years -Iran’s Army Commander.”
Radio Farda, March 26, 2018.
‘Chief Commander of the Islamic Republic’s regular army has once again threatened Israel with total annihilation.
Referring to a comment by the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said, “We will finish off Israel’s life within less than 25 years.”’
https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-army-commander-israel-annhilation/29122935.html

* “Khamenei: Israel Should be Forced to ‘Retreat to the Point of Demise’,” Ynet News, April 4, 2018.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/5220465

* “IRGC Tasked with Israel’s Destruction in 25 Years,” Mehr News Agency, April 21, 2018.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070456/https://en.mehrnews.com/news/133511/IRGC-tasked-with-Israel-s-destruction-in-25-years

* Brokaw, Sommer. “Iranian general threatens to ‘annihilate’ Israel.” UPI, April 21, 2018. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/04/21/Iranian-general-threatens-to-annihilate-Israel/8071524333946/

* “Top Iranian general vows to ‘annihilate’ Israel.” Times of Israel, January 10, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-iranian-general-vows-to-wipe-out-annihilate-israel/amp/

* Callum, Paton. “Iranian Air Force Ready to ‘Eliminate Israel,’ Commander Says, as Tensions Rise over Syria Airstrikes,” Newsweek, January 21, 2019.
https://www.newsweek.com/iranian-air-force-ready-eliminate-israel-commander-says-tensions-rise-over-1298934

* “Iran Guards chief: Destroying Israel now not a dream but an ‘achievable goal’.” AFP and TOI, September 30, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-guards-chief-says-destroying-israel-is-not-a-dream-but-an-achievable-goal/

* Stockler, Asher. “Iran’s Supreme Leader ‘Echoing Hitler’s Call for Genocide’.” Newsweek, May 22, 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/iran-israel-anti-semitism-poster-1506012

* Bergman, Ronen, et al. “Iranian supreme leader shares anti-Israel poster with Nazi-inspired rhetoric.” Ynet, May 20, 2020. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Bk8t2pfoU

* “Netanyahu to Khamenei: ‘Those who threaten Israel face destruction’.” i24News, May 20, 2020. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1589993212-netanyahu-to-khamenei-those-who-threaten-israel-face-destruction

* “Khamenei once again insists on the annihilation of Israel.” Iran International, May 23, 2020. https://old.iranintl.com/en/world/khamenei-once-again-insists-annihilation-israel

* Weinthal, Benjamin. “Iran Supreme Leader’s rep. calls for destruction of Israel.” The Jerusalem Post, October 2, 2021.
Iranian dissident: “The more the mullahs spread hate speech against the Jewish State of Israel, the more Iranian people realize that Israel is our friend.”
https://www.jpost.com/international/iran-regime-supreme-leaders-rep-calls-for-destruction-of-israel-680835

* Hessen, Jonathan. Viner, Erin. “Iran vows to destroy Israel in future war.”
TV7IsraelNews, Nov 12, 2021 — If Israel starts a war, said a top Iranian commander, the Islamic Republic will be the one to end it.
https://www.tv7israelnews.com/iran-vows-to-destroy-israel-in-future-war/

* Bennet, Brian. “Exclusive: Iran Steps up Efforts to Sow Discord Inside the U.S.” Time, June 7, 2021. https://time.com/6071615/iran-disinformation-united-states/

* “Iran’s doomsday clock for Israel’s end halts amid power cuts.” Times of Israel, July 7, 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-doomsday-clock-for-israels-end-halts-amid-power-cuts/amp/

* Weinthal, Benjamin. “Iranian Brig.-Gen. urges destruction of Israel prior to nuke talks.” Jerusalem Post, November 28, 2021. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iranian-brig-gen-urges-destruction-of-israel-prior-to-nuke-talks-687248

* “Iran Rep. Urges Israel’s ‘annihilation’ Before Nuclear Talks.” i24News, November 28, 2021. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/1638133889-iran-rep-urges-israel-s-annihilation-before-nuclear-talks

* Weinthal, Benjamin. “Iran’s regime posts image of seeking to engulf Israel in flames.” The Jerusalem Post, December 19, 2021.
The picture shows Israel composed of nails and matches and a book of matches.
The picture shows Israel composed of nails and matches and a book of matches next to words in Hebrew and English declaring: “Just try and you will see.”
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/irans-regime-posts-image-of-seeking-to-engulf-israel-in-flames-689177

* Segal, Lt. Col. M. “Iran: ‘Israel’s nuclear weapons will not prevent its destruction (sic),” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), March 11, 2022.
https://jcpa.org.il/%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%A7-%D7%94%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A2-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A9/

* Azizi, Arash. “Khamenei’s Newspaper Praises Hitler on Holocaust Remembrance Day.” Iran Wire, April 28, 2022.
https://iranwire.com/en/society/103464-iranian-state-aligned-newspaper-praises-hitler-on-holocaust-remembrance-day/

* Lazaroff, Tovah. “Iran will destroy Tel Aviv, Haifa at slightest Israeli action – Raisi,” The Jerusalem Post, April 18, 2023.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739527

How Iran Plans to Destroy Israel.
By Nicholas Carl, Brian Carter. AEI,
May 23, 2024.
The Israel-Hamas War is a prelude to future Iranian aggression in the Middle East. Iranian military leaders are explicitly drawing lessons from the war to develop concepts for fighting and destroying Israel. Senior Iranian officials are arguing that the war has revealed critical Israeli vulnerabilities that they can exploit.
https://www.aei.org/articles/how-iran-plans-to-destroy-israel/

* “Iran’s supreme leader vows to ‘destroy’ Israel.”
DPA. Jun 13, 2025 — Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has vowed to “destroy” Israel following Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/irans-supreme-leader-vows-destroy-191134502.html

* Lazaroff, Tovah. “Iran threatens ‘obliterating war’ if Israel attacks Hezbollah in Lebanon,” The Jerusalem Post, June 29, 2024.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-808224

* “Iran’s Army Chief Claims It Is Accelerating Israel’s Destruction.”
FMSO, September 11, 2024. By Holly Dagres.
https://fmso.tradoc.army.mil/2024/irans-army-chief-claims-it-is-accelerating-israels-destruction/

* Ben Kimon, Elisha. “Katz reveals documents alleging Iran sponsored Hamas’ October 7 massacre.”
Ynet, April 6, 2025.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sy06hmlryg

* Netanyahu, Benjamin. “Post on X: ‘Today, the dictator of Iran – Ayatollah Khamenei – posted a call to eliminate Israel...’” X (formerly Twitter).
April 15, 2025. https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1912194815401357744
Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIebY08Kqvv/

* “Iran’s supreme leader vows to ‘destroy’ Israel,” DPA, June 13, 2025.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/irans-supreme-leader-vows-destroy-191134502.html

* “Iran to continue operations against Israel until its complete destruction — IRGC
World”. Tass, June 16, 2025.

* “’Ali returns to Khaybar’: Khamenei’s tweet raises concerns in the Jewish community in Iran.” JCPA, June 20, 2025.
The Jewish community in Iran received a chilling reminder of its insecurity when, on April 16, 2025, at the same time as ballistic missiles were launched at Israel, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei published a post on X Network that included a poem threatening to recreate the massacre of Jews in Khaibar.
https://jcpa.org.il/ali-is-returning-to-kheibar-khameneis-tweet-raises-concerns-in-the-jewish-community-in-iran/
“Khamenei evokes historic battle against Jews in fiery X post.”
Iran International, Jun 17, 2025.
The battle begins in the revered name of Haider. Ali returns to Khaybar with his Zulfiqar,” the official X account of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei wrote on Tuesday. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202506171582

* “Khamenei Adviser: 1,200 Israelis Killed, U.S. Joined War to Save Israel From Annihilation | WATCH.”
In a fiery broadcast, Khamenei’s top adviser claims Iran killed 1,200 Israelis and accuses the U.S. of entering the war to prevent Israel’s collapse, dismissed by Israeli officials as obvious propaganda.
Gila Isaacson, Jfeed, Jun 23, 2025.
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/iran-claims-israel-casualties-us-intervention

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