Ah, yes. One of the most escalating potential topics there is.
So is it already risky, to say, that most statements, "calling for annihiliation" of israel, are not so drastic, when looked upon closer?
So, for example the famous quote from former president Ahmadinejad, about wiping israel off the map:
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Ahmadinejad was quoting the Ayatollah Khomeini in the specific speech under discussion: what he said was that "the occupation regime over Jerusalem should vanish from the page of time." No state action is envisaged in this lament; it denotes a spiritual wish, whereas the erroneous translation – "wipe Israel off the map" – suggests a military threat. There is a huge chasm between the correct and the incorrect translations. The notion that Iran can "wipe out" U.S.-backed, nuclear-armed Israel is ludicrous."
That still leaves plenty of other statements, though and support of hamas, etc. who are less diplomatic in their words, but on the other side, you have lots of direct war threats from US and Israel, too, who are indeed nuclear armed. So who started it?
Complicated of course. And I don't really have much sympathy for the mullahs, but the iranian people I met, were nice ones. And I doubt collective punishments from the outside, like the ban on space tech, are helping them get rid of the idiots. It just brings them closer together.
So is it already risky, to say, that most statements, "calling for annihiliation" of israel, are not so drastic, when looked upon closer?
So, for example the famous quote from former president Ahmadinejad, about wiping israel off the map:
" Ahmadinejad was quoting the Ayatollah Khomeini in the specific speech under discussion: what he said was that "the occupation regime over Jerusalem should vanish from the page of time." No state action is envisaged in this lament; it denotes a spiritual wish, whereas the erroneous translation – "wipe Israel off the map" – suggests a military threat. There is a huge chasm between the correct and the incorrect translations. The notion that Iran can "wipe out" U.S.-backed, nuclear-armed Israel is ludicrous."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_and_Isra...
That still leaves plenty of other statements, though and support of hamas, etc. who are less diplomatic in their words, but on the other side, you have lots of direct war threats from US and Israel, too, who are indeed nuclear armed. So who started it?
Complicated of course. And I don't really have much sympathy for the mullahs, but the iranian people I met, were nice ones. And I doubt collective punishments from the outside, like the ban on space tech, are helping them get rid of the idiots. It just brings them closer together.