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[[File:Shia Superpower.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Iranian ambitions to become a nuclear superpower.]]

[[File:Shia Superpower.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Iranian ambitions to become a nuclear superpower.]]

===Genocidal===

===Genocidal===

Threatening to nuke and/or wipe off Israel of the map has been made by Iran including in 1991,<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1994-08-04/news/mn-23412_1_porous-borders COLUMN ONE]: Hezbollah: The Latin Connection : Bombings in Argentina and Panama prompt concern over the radical group's growing presence in the region. Experts say lax security and porous borders create a prime base for terrorists, by Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, August 04, 1994.<blockquote>

Threatening to nuke and/or wipe off Israel of the map has been made by Iran including in 1991,<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-04-mn-23412-story.html COLUMN ONE]: Hezbollah: The Latin Connection : Bombings in Argentina and Panama prompt concern over the radical group's growing presence in the region. Experts say lax security and porous borders create a prime base for terrorists, by Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, August 04, 1994.<blockquote>

The embassy's cultural affairs officer, Imam Mohsen Rabbani, rose. "Israel," he intoned in accented Spanish, "must disappear from the face of the Earth." He and a dozen speakers who followed quoted Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and called for unity in the fight against Zionism and the satanism of the West</blockquote></ref> in 2001,<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20011217215125/https://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_4.html Iran's Rafsanjani Suggests Nuclear Attack on Israel]," World Tribune (London), December 17, 2001.<blockquote><font size=1>

The embassy's cultural affairs officer, Imam Mohsen Rabbani, rose. "Israel," he intoned in accented Spanish, "must disappear from the face of the Earth." He and a dozen speakers who followed quoted Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and called for unity in the fight against Zionism and the satanism of the West</blockquote></ref> in 2001,<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20011217215125/https://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_4.html Iran's Rafsanjani Suggests Nuclear Attack on Israel]," World Tribune (London), December 17, 2001.<blockquote><font size=1>

One of Iran’s most influential ruling clerics called on the Muslim states to use nuclear weapon against Israel, assuring them that while such an attack would annihilate Israel, it would cost them "damages only".

One of Iran’s most influential ruling clerics called on the Muslim states to use nuclear weapon against Israel, assuring them that while such an attack would annihilate Israel, it would cost them "damages only".