“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