Iran – Armed forces chief of staff general delivers speech while soldiers stand in formation over a surface emblazoned with the inscription: “Israel should be erased”

Téhéran – Channel 1 (Iran) aired a speech delivered by IRGC General Mohammad Bagheri, who is the Chief of Staff of Iran’s armed forces, at the Jamkaran Mosque in southern Tehran. General Bagheri delivered the speech while Iranian soldiers stood in formation over a surface emblazoned with the inscription “Israel should be erased” in Persian and in Hebrew. The speech was at a ceremony in which Iran’s armed forces renewed their pledge of allegiance to the Hidden Imam.

Onscreen text: “Israel should be erased.”