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Iran Revolutionary Guards Commander Vows to ‘Eliminate’ Israel if Attacked

Deputy head of the IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Salami. (Reuters)

Deputy head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami vowed on Monday to destroy Israel if it attacks Iran.

“We announce that if Israel takes any action to wage a war against us, it will definitely lead to its own elimination and the freeing of occupied (Palestinian) territories,” he was quoted as saying by state television.

He made his remarks following an Israeli attack on Iranian targets in Syria last week - the latest in a series of assaults targeting Tehran’s presence there in support of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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