As President Joe Biden’s administration resumes nuclear talks with Iran, the Iranian military has threatened Israel with total ‘annihilation.’
“We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter. We want to destroy Zionism in the world,” the senior Iranian military spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi told the country’s state-run media.
On Monday, the Biden administration restarted formal negotiations with Iran at a European Union-sponsored summit in Vienna, Austria. China and Russia, both key allies of the Iranian regime, are also participating in the talks.
Iranian general “Shekarchi’s genocidal antisemitic remarks come just days before the nuclear talks are set to restart in Vienna Monday on curbing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s illicit nuclear program,” The Jerusalem Post’s Middle East correspondent, Benjamin Weinthal, noted. “The United States and other world powers are seeking to provide Tehran with economic sanctions relief in exchange for temporary restrictions on its atomic program.”
Ahead of the talks, Iran demanded that the Biden White House lift all sanctions placed on the regime by former President Donald Trump.
Since President Biden took office, Washington has lifted a series of sanctions on Iran, including an international weapons embargo. Media reports suggest that the Biden administration may make further concessions in the hope of coaxing the regime back into the Obama-era deal. “EU, Iranian and Russian diplomats sounded upbeat as Iran and world powers held their first talks in five months on Monday to try to save their 2015 nuclear deal”,” CNN reported.
Jerusalem Post‘s Benjamin Weinthal reported the remarks made by the Iranian military spokesman:
The spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed forces, Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, on Saturday urged the total elimination of the Jewish state during an interview with an Iranian regime-controlled media outlet.
“We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter. We want to destroy Zionism in the world,” Shekarchi told the Iranian Students News Agency.
The Iranian general also blasted Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates for normalizing diplomatic relations with Israel, terming the diplomacy “intolerable” for Iran’s clerical regime. “Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and other countries considered as Muslims, for us they part of the Zionist regime and this is very important,” said Shekarchi.
Shekarchi has previously lashed out at Israel, saying that Iran’s regime can “level Haifa and Tel Aviv in the shortest possible time.”
While the Biden administration is busy appeasing the Mullahs, a senior Iranian official revealed that the Shia-Islamic regime has detailed plans for developing offensive nuclear weapons.
He disclosed that the blueprint for such nukes was created by Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the slain Islamic Guard (IRGC) general known as the “father” of the Iranian nuclear weapons program. Last year, Fakhrizadeh was killed in a roadside ambush, an operation attributed to Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.
Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, the former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, also admitted that Tehran intends to extend its ‘nuclear umbrella’ to other Arab states that may fall under its sphere of influence, such Syria and Iraq.
The Israeli TV network Channel 12 reported Iran’s aggressive nuclear strategy:
In a dramatic change, senior Iranian officials have admitted that Iran has plans to build offensive atomic weapons. The plans were prepared by Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the head of Iran’s nuclear program, who, according to foreign sources, was assassinated by Israel a year ago. A senior Iranian military official said that Iran has the ability to build a military nuclear weapon but supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei must approve it.
In addition, former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani said that Fakhrizadeh had prepared plans for an offensive weapon, not just to defend Iran but also to serve other nations threatened by Israel, such as Syria and Iraq.
At the nuclear talks in Vienna, the Iranians will announce to the world: “We have the ability and knowledge to make the bomb.” In addition, they will say that the factory making advanced centrifuges at Karaj is out of bounds and international inspectors will not be permitted. (Translated from Hebrew by the Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs)
The Israeli government has alerted Washington to Iran’s heightened efforts to acquire a nuclear arsenal. “Israel has been sharing intelligence with the United States showing that Iran is preparing to enrich uranium to weapons-grade 90 percent purity,” The Times of Israel reported on Monday, citing Hebrew media sources.
As Iran races towards a nuclear weapon, Jerusalem is readying plans to strike its rogue WMD sites. The media reports suggest that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have ordered several U.S.-made aircraft, reconnaissance drones, and weaponry for a possible covert operation.
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