"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told them there was no place for the Jewish
state in a future Middle East…. 'You want a new Middle East? We do too, but in
the new Middle East ... there will be no trace of the American presence and the
Zionists,'….
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Quds Day Address, 17 August
2012;
Reuters, Published: 17 August 2012
"The Israeli regime
is a tool in the hands of Zionists to control the Middle-East and the entire
world, Ahmadinejad stated. The Iranian president further stated that the
International Quds Day is the day of unity among all human beings to remove the
Zionist black stain from the human society."
President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad - Quds Day Address, 17 August 2012;
Fars
News Agency, Iran; Published: 17 August 2012
"President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad ... said the very existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to
the humankind and an affront to all world nations….The Iranian President further
described the World Quds Day as an occasion for the unity of all human
communities to wipe out this scarlet letter, meaning the Zionist regime, from
the forehead of humanity."
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Quds Day
Address, 17 August 2012;
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency; Published: 17 August
2012
"Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali
Khamenei…. noted that liberating Palestine from the grip of Israel and its
allies is a religious duty for all Muslims across the world."
Ayatollah
Sayyid Khamenei - Statement made during a meeting with hundreds of veterans from
the Iraq-Iran war, 15 August;
Fars
News Agency, Iran; Published: 16 August 2012
"General Amir Ali
Hajizadeh ….said if the Zionist hooligans embark on practicing their verbal
threats, they will provide the best opportunity for the destruction of Israel
because then the forged regime will be wiped out of the map and thrown into the
trash bin of history for ever."
Commander of the Aero-Space Forces of the
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Bridadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh - Interview
with IRNA;
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency; Published 18 August
2012
"He [Ahmadinejad] added: 'Anyone who loves freedom and justice
must strive for the annihilation of the Zionist regime in order to pave the way
for world justice and freedom.'"
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Speech
to ambassadors from Islamic countries ahead of Quds Day, published on
Ahmadinejad's website on 2 August 2012;
Jerusalem Post; Published: 2 August 2012
"Zionists
understand only the language of force, Ayatollah Khatami reiterated. He further
noted that the Zionist regime will meet destruction through unity in the Islamic
world."
Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad
Khatami - Address to a large congregation of worshippers on Tehran University
campus, 17 August 2012;
Fars
News Agency, Iran; Published: 17 August 2012
"Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami
underlined the importance of this year's International Quds Day (August 17, last
Friday of the Ramadan) rallies, and said that 'The nations of the region, which
have toppled dictators, also have the power to annihilate the Zionist regime
(Israel).'"
Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad
Khatami;
Iran Daily Brief; Published: 14 August 2012
"Khomeini's
successor, Ayatollah Khamenei, said on Wednesday that the liberation of
Palestine was top on the Islamic world agenda and predicted that 'the fake
Zionist regime would soon fade away from geography and every inch of the
occupied territories be returned to Palestinians.'
Ayatollah Sayyid
Khamenei -15 August;
DPA and the Associated Press, Haaretz; Published: 17 August 2012