Ideology Behind Iran’s Goal Of Destroying Israel

The Ill-Fated Ideology Behind Iran’s Goal Of Destroying Israel

Dean Dwyer

After decimating Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel has now turned its attention to Hezbollah in the north.  These two terror proxies of Iran have been a thorn in the side of Israel for decades now.  They had grown so large that it was once unthinkable that Israel would be able to defeat them.  At least that’s what Hamas and Hezbollah had fooled themselves into believing.  The political and military echelon of Israel were no doubt confident of their ability to deal crushing blows to their enemies.  However, they needed the steely will and international legitimacy to achieve it.  In the most tragic of ways, October 7 provided both.

If strategists are to be believed, once Israel has dealt with Hezbollah, it will turn its attention to the head of the terror snake – Iran.  Since this conflict is on the horizon, it is helpful to understand the ideology which drives the Iranian clerical and political leadership.  Although many nations have historically dismissed Iranian rhetoric as the ramblings of an irritating but incapable enemy, they have since proven they are very much committed to their goal of destroying Israel.    

In Iran, the highest-ranking political leader is not the president, it is the Supreme Leader.  The current Supreme Leader is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.  On 15 January 2001, Ayatollah Khamenei left Israel in no doubt of his hatred when he said this: “It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.”  If that sounds familiar, consider the words of Psalm 83:4: “They have said, ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.'”

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