Iranian army: In 25 years Israel will no longer be on the map - By Elad Benari - http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/214351#.V3aNTI-cE2x
Iran's Revolutionary Guards vow support for "Palestine", say they envisage a Jerusalem in 25 years in which Israel doesn't exist.
Iranian officials continue to verbally attack Israel and wish for its destruction.
On Thursday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they envisage a Jerusalem in 25 years from now when "no Israel would be present on the map," Haaretz reported.
The Iranian military organization made the remarks in a statement quoted by Iran's Mehr news agency.
The Revolutionary Guards also said the organization had devoted "37 years of unremitting support for Palestine" during Ramadan.
"Liberation of the beloved Al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinians from under the occupation of Zionists by the courage provided by the Islamic Revolution and a globalized approach to systematically fighting dominance and Zionism on International Quds Day, have bestowed upon Resistance Front strength and unflagging spirit which had made of Resistance an iron fist against any compromise with illegitimate regime of criminal Zionists," the statement said, according to Haaretz.
Iranians were urged to protest and "show again that Palestine is the first and foremost issue of the Islamic world and evil plots of the Zionists as well as the dominance in rendering a 'new Middle East' will be aborted by the waves of Palestinian intifada, which promises now that by 25 future years, there will be no Israel on the map of the world, as the Leader of the Islamic Revolution once had famously predicted."
The remarks, of course, are nothing new, as calls for Israel's destruction are a regular occurrence in Iran.
In May, a senior Iranian military commander threatened Israel and claimed that his country can destroy the Jewish state "in less than eight minutes".
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has in the past threatened to "annihilate" the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa.
In March, the Supreme Leader ruled out his country having ties with the United States or "the Zionist regime" - that is, Israel - claiming he had proof that the United States was planning a coup in Iran.
Iran's former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said in 2005 that Israel should be "wiped off the map".
Iranians demand 'Death to Israel,' burn flag, at al-Quds Day rallies - http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-holds-annual-anti-israel-rallies-to-mark-al-quds-day/
US also condemned as tens of thousands of protesters march in Tehran, other demonstrations held nationwide
TEHRAN - Iranians staged anti-Israel rallies across the country Friday for the annual al-Quds Day events established by the late ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, with protesters condemning the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and chanting "death to Israel."
Tens of thousands of people marched in the capital Tehran for the rallies held each year on the last Friday of Ramadan. Some protesters trampled the Israeli flag, and also chanted "down with the USA."
Iranian state media reports that similar rallies were taking place throughout the country.
Iran, which does not recognize Israel and has called for its destruction, has marked al-Quds Day since the start of its 1979 Islamic revolution. Al-Quds is the historic Arabic name for Jerusalem, and Iran says the day is an occasion to express support for the Palestinians and emphasize the importance of Jerusalem for Muslims.
The Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror group on Thursday cancelled its annual al-Quds Day event in Beirut's southern suburbs, amid security concerns gripping the country in the wake of deadly suicide bombings earlier this week in a Christian village along the Syrian border.
In a statement, the Iran-backed Shiite group said it was scrapping the commemorations, citing the prevailing "security situation."
It was the first time the group, which also participates as a political party in Lebanon's government, cancelled the annual commemoration.
Lebanon has been on high alert since nine bombs exploded in the eastern border village of Qaa on Monday, killing five residents. Eight were detonated by suicide bombers. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Violence from neighboring Syria's devastating civil war has on occasion spilled into Lebanon's border regions. The Islamic State and al-Qaeda militants briefly seized the Lebanese border town of Arsal in 2014, before security forces pushed them back across the frontier.
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