by Lazar Berman
Basij commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi also threatens Saudis, saying their fate will be like that of Saddam Hussein
Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of Iran's Basij force (screen capture: YouTube/PresTVGlobalNews)
The commander of the Basij militia of Iran’s
Revolutionary Guards said that “erasing Israel off the map” is
“nonnegotiable,” according to an Israel Radio report Tuesday.
Militia
chief Mohammad Reza Naqdi also threatened Saudi Arabia, saying that the
offensive it is leading in Yemen “will have a fate like the fate of
Saddam Hussein.”
Naqdi’s comments were made public as Iran and
six world powers prepared Tuesday to issue a general statement agreeing
to continue nuclear negotiations in a new phase aimed at reaching a
comprehensive accord by the end of June.
In 2014, Naqdi said Iran was stepping up
efforts to arm West Bank Palestinians for battle against Israel, adding
the move would lead to Israel’s annihilation, Iran’s Fars news agency
reported.
“Arming the West Bank has started and weapons will be supplied to the people of this region,” Naqdi said.
“The Zionists should know that the next war
won’t be confined to the present borders and the Mujahedeen will push
them back,” he added. Naqdi claimed that much of Hamas’s arsenal,
training and technical knowhow in the summer conflict with Israel was
supplied by Iran.
The Basij is a religious volunteer force
established in 1979 by the country’s revolutionary leaders, and has
served as a moral police and to suppress dissent.
In January, a draft law that would give
greater powers to the Basij to enforce women’s compulsory wearing of the
veil was ruled unconstitutional.
The force holds annual maneuvers, sometimes with regular Iran units.
Jonathan Beck and AFP contributed to this report.
Lazar Berman
Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-militia-chief-destroying-israel-nonnegotiable/
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