Israel is a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the face of the earth”- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Israel is a “cancerous tumor” that “will undoubtedly be uprooted and destroyed”- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Why do Iranians hate Israel so much? And why do they strongly believe the matter is unresolvable, that the only solution is wiping Israel off the surface of the earth?