„In an attempt to tout its military prowess on Wednesday, Iran threatened to ‚turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust‘ during a parade of the Islamic Republic’s missiles in Tehran. Iran marked the anniversary of its 1980 invasion by Iraq by parading its latest ships and missiles and telling the United States on Wednesday not to meddle in the Gulf. At a parade in Tehran, shown on state TV, the military displayed a wide array of long-range missiles, tanks, and the Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system. In a reference to Iran’s arch-foe Israel, a banner on one military truck shown on state TV read: ‚If the leaders of the Zionist regime make a mistake then the Islamic Republic will turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust.‘ (…)
In Tehran, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, declared that Iran wanted peace. But he also said Iran’s lessons in the 1980-88 war against Iraq now served as a guide for ‚our brothers in faith‘ in Syria, ‚Palestine,‘ Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and Bahrain, a checklist of countries where Iran has political, religious or military allies.“
(Bericht in der Jerusalem Post: „Iran threatens to ‚turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust‘ if Israel missteps“)
While #Rouhani smiles in #NewYork, #Iran shows new ballistic #missile, threatening to “wipe out #TelAviv and #Haifa” pic.twitter.com/ceBLPb26B1
— I Ragazzi di Teheran (@RagazzidiTehran) 21. September 2016