Ahmadinejad: Be assured that the US and Israel will soon end lives

28^th January 2007

Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report. Iran's official FARS news agency also reported the comments.  These are official comments coming from Iran, so the liberal blog press who say Iran didn’t say that – read it for yourself. 

"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad… assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives," the Iranian president was quoted as saying.

 "Sparking discord among Muslims, especially between the Shiites and Sunnis, is a plot hatched by the Zionists and the US for dominating regional nations and looting their resources," Ahmadinejad added, according to the report.

The Iranian president also directly tied events in Lebanon to a wider plan aimed at Israel's destruction. He called on "regional countries" to "support the Islamic resistance of the Lebanese people and strive to enhance solidarity and unity among the different Palestinian groups in a bid to pave the ground for the undermining of the Zionist regime whose demise is, of course, imminent."

Ahmadinejad has threatened the State of Israel with annihilation several times in recent months, and has recently added the US and Britain to the list of countries he says will be destroyed.  

Syria's Foreign Minister, Wailed Mualem, accused the US of attempting to carry out a "massacre of Muslims" and of sowing "discord among Islamic faiths in the region."

Mualem called on "regional states to pave the ground for the establishment of peace and tranquillity… while preventing further genocide of the Muslims," the IRIB website said.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website has also reported the following headline – maybe an insight into their response if they are attacked:

IRIB Headline: Iran Has Many Choices for Retaliating

“Experts of the US institute CATO have warned against any US military attack on Iran considering it the worst choice for Washington.

In a seminar held in the US congress these experts said solving Iran-US tension peacefully is possible and advised President George W. Bush against continuing his so-called preemptive method regarding relations with Iran.

One expert said if attacked, Iran might reactivate its supporters in Iraq and push Hezbollah to attack US targets inside the US and abroad.

He said the best choice for Washington is to normalize diplomatic and economic ties with Tehran and help Iran attain a peaceful nuclear program together with an accurate inspection of the program.”