Anti-Israel

Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the IRGC, December 3, 2013

Name of Author
Mohammad Ali Jafari
Body

“Lots of options are on the table for Iran, and they (enemies) will receive crushing responses, one of which would be elimination of the Zionist regime.”“IRGC Commander: Iran to Give Crushing Response to Possible Threats,” Fars News Agency, December 3, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920912000261.

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Moussa Mohammed Abu Marzouk, October 2013

Date
Oct. 2013
Name of Author
Moussa Mohammed Abu Marzouk
Body

“We want all the rifles to be pointed at Israel.” Elhanan Miller, “Iran Slashed Hamas Funding, Senior Official Admits,” Times of Israel, October 16, 2013, http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-slashed-hamas-funding-senior-official-admits.

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Threat

Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of the Basij, September 10, 2013

Name of Author
Mohammad Reza Naqdi
Body

“Egypt should return to the line of struggle against the US and Zionism and take control of the situation, but if it remains in the present situation it will receive further blows and its people will sustain serious harms.”“Basij Commander Urges Egypt’s Return to Path of Resistance against US, Israel,” Fars News Agency, September 10, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920619001349.

Qasem Soleimani, September 2013

Date
Sep. 2013
Name of Author
Qasem Soleimani
Body

“The aim of the United States is not to protect human rights ... but to destroy the front of resistance [against Israel].” “Iran Says US Will Suffer If Syria Is Attacked,” Al Jazeera, September 5, 2013, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/09/201395104630886129.html.

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Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the IRGC, August 31, 2013

Name of Author
Mohammad Ali Jafari
Body

“The American people should awaken and realize that their assets and their country’s name is being sacrificed for the sake of the security of the criminal Zionist regime.”“Basij Commander: Grave Consequences Waiting for US If It Attacks Syria,” Fars News Agency, August 31, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920609001354.

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Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of the Basij, August 3, 2013

Name of Author
Mohammad Reza Naqdi
Body

“The Zionist are trying to stage a sectarian war among Muslims with the help and support of the US and Britain in a bid to delay their destruction.”“Iranian Commander Asks Muslims to Keep Vigilant against Zionists’ Divisive Plots,” Fars News Agency, August 3, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920512000527.

Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of the Basij, July 6, 2013

Name of Author
Mohammad Reza Naqdi
Body

“Had [former Egyptian president Mohammed] Mursi not been deceived by the US and had he started campaign against Israel, he would have attained a higher and better status than Jamal Abdel Nasser among Egyptians and today people would have defeated those who planned the coup against him and not only in Egypt, but in all Muslim countries large crowds would have come out to defend him.”“Basij Commander: Mursi’s Fall Result of Trusting US,” Fars News Agency, July 6, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920415001056.

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Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Brotherhood spiritual and intellectual leader, May 9, 2013

Date
May 9, 2013
Name of Author
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Body

“Our whole ambition is to die on the path to Allah, and for long life to Palestine… I am sure we will conquer. Nobody thought that the people would triumph and oust the tyrants who ruled Egypt and Tunisia. And Syria will also emerge victorious, as well as Islam… Our wish should be that we carry out Jihad to death… We should seek to liberate Palestine, all of Palestine, inch by inch.”“Influential Muslim cleric Qaradawi visits Gaza,” Al Arabiya, May 9, 2013, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/05/09/Influential-Muslim-cleric-Qaradawi-visits-Gaza.html; Nidal al-Mughrabi, “Influential Muslim cleric visits Hamas-controlled Gaza,” Reuters, May 9, 2013, http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/08/us-palestinians-gaza-cleric-idUSBRE94714Y20130508.

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