Ali Khamenei Quotes

It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.

The Iranians are not part of the “axis of Evil”. They are part of the axis of Medieval.

Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.

I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.

So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.

This Middle East thing is maddening.

I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.

Syria is still the foundation of the axis of evil, and I'm not sure it's appropriate to transfer Israel's northern front to the axis of evil.

My academic specialization is Arab-Israel relations.

As long as Iran's aggressive policies continue, it's going to be bad for the region. Iran has to decide whether it wants a revolution or a nation-state.

From a geo-strategic point of view, I consider Iran a bigger problem than the Islamic State. ISIS is a group of adventurers with a very aggressive ideology. But they have to conquer more and more territory before they can became a geo-strategic, permanent reality. I think a conflict with ISIS - important as it is - is more manageable than a confrontation with Iran.

What the Iranians have said is, "we will wipe Israel off the face of the map, and we will bring death to America." When someone points a gun at your head and loads it, by God, you ought to take them seriously, and we need to take that seriously.

Iran is taking over Iraq.

I've covered Israel just as I cover other politics.

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.

If Egypt is unstable, then the entire region is unstable.

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.

I am not a supporter of Israel's military policy, let alone any kind of Zionist.

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

We see and hear about Israelis and Palestinians only when they are defined by the global media as 'occupiers,' 'terrorists,' and 'victims.' But we forget that they are fathers and mothers and sons and daughters and neighbors and doctors and shop-owners and farmers and students.

None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.

Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.

Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too?