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Guards commander says Iran’s strategy is to wipe Israel off political map - TV

Guards commander says Iran’s strategy is to wipe Israel off political map - TV
FILE PHOTO: Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, speaks during Tehran's Friday prayers July 16, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo -  Copyright  Morteza Nikoubazl(Reuters)
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DUBAI (Reuters) - A commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Monday Iran's strategy was to wipe "the Zionist regime" (Israel) off the political map, Iran's state TV reported.

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"We announce that if Israel takes any action to wage a war against us, it will definitely lead to its own elimination and freeing occupied territories," Brigadier General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the IRGC, was quoted as saying.

(Writing by Parisa Hafezi)

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