"Saying 'Death to America' is easy. We need to express 'Death to America' with action." -Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
The Iranian regime is not populated by Nazis, but it is led by people who do, in fact, seek the physical elimination of the Jewish state and its replacement by a Muslim state. It works toward this end, by sponsoring terrorist groups that regularly kill Jews, both in Israel and elsewhere. The United States is elsewhere; so is Europe, Asian countries, Africa and wherever else Jewish people can be found.
Simply, they mean to export terror or the fear of terror.
So, as a reminder to those who argue that Jews (as well as all the other people that surround them as neighbors) should stop worrying so much about people who threaten to kill them, here is some (just some) of what Iran's leaders, and leaders of its proxy militia, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, have said about Israel:
Mohammad Khatami, the former president of Iran: “If we abide by real legal laws, we should mobilize the whole Islamic world for a sharp confrontation with the Zionist regime … if we abide by the Koran, all of us should mobilize to kill.” (2000)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.” (2001)
Hassan Nasrallah, a leader of Hezbollah: “If they [Jews] all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.” (2002)
Nasrallah: “Israel is our enemy. This is an aggressive, illegal, and illegitimate entity, which has no future in our land. Its destiny is manifested in our motto: ‘Death to Israel.’” (2005)
So when people from Iran stand up and condemn policies of our country toward them (like at award shows), try to think hard about their right to criticize our reasons for what we do when we hear the hate their nation professes for the freedoms that the United States stands for, and the safety it provides all citizens regardless of religious beliefs. Even Muslims are safe to practice their religion in peace within the U.S. borders.
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