Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov (1957) president of Turkmenistan
http://www.khamenei.ir/EN/News/detail.jsp?id=20070616A
"New Iran president backs Syria's Assad, Hezbollah" http://bigstory.ap.org/article/new-iran-president-backs-syrias-assad-hezbollah, The Big Story, (July 16, 2013)
Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov (1957) president of Turkmenistan
http://www.khamenei.ir/EN/News/detail.jsp?id=20070616A
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2007, Address to the Nation (January 2007)
Amir Taheri (1942) Iranian journalist
"Have the Mullah's Abandoned their Dreams of Empire?", Elaph.com, (November 16, 2014).
Jalal Talabani (1933–2017) Iraqi politician
Statement made to U.S. President George W. Bush at a meeting at the White House — reported in Agence France-Presse staff (September 10, 2008) "Talabani: Iran, Syria pose 'no problem' for Iraq", Agence France-Presse,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956) 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
2005, Address to the United Nations General Assembly (17 September 2005)
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924–2015) former King of Saudi Arabia
Iran-Saudi Arabia emphasize on Muslims' unity, Iranian Students' News Agency, 5 August 2007, 2007-08-06 http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-973410&Lang=E,.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956) 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
2005, Address to the United Nations General Assembly (17 September 2005)
Fiona Hill (presidential advisor) (1965) American policy adviser
Dealing With the Real Putin, By Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/opinion/global/dealing-with-the-real-vladimir-putin.html (4 February 2013]
Reza Pahlavi (1960) Last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran
As quoted by Rachel Makabi, 'A Race Against Time' http://www.rezapahlavi.org/details_article.php?article=34&page=5, Newsweek International, Sept 4, 2006. <br class="br">Interviews, 2006
“It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.”
Ali Khamenei (1939) Iranian Shiite faqih, Marja' and official independent islamic leader
January 15, 2001 remarks at a meeting with organizers of the International Conference for Support of the Intifada, as quoted in "The Iranian Leadership’s Continuing Declarations of Intent to Destroy Israel" http://jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IransIntent2012b.pdf#page=6, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (2012) <br class="br">2001