Iranian Commander Boasts That Israel Can Be Destroyed 'In Under 8 Minutes'

The warning came just weeks after Iran claimed to have successfully tested 2,000km-range missiles capable of hitting Israel (Daily Mail).

Times of Israel: Iranian commander: We can destroy Israel ‘in under 8 minutes’

If supreme leader gives order, Revolutionary Guards ‘will raze the Zionist regime’ quickly, says senior adviser of elite al-Quds unit.

A senior Iranian military commander boasted that the Islamic Republic could “raze the Zionist regime in less than eight minutes.”

Ahmad Karimpour, a senior adviser to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ elite unit al-Quds Force, said if Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei gave the order to destroy Israel, the Iranian military had the capacity to do so quickly.

“If the Supreme Leader’s orders [are] to be executed, with the abilities and the equipment at our disposal, we will raze the Zionist regime in less than eight minutes,” Karimpour said Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.

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Update: Iran boasts it is capable of destroying Israel 'in less than EIGHT MINUTES' two weeks after testing missiles which can reach the state (Daily Mail).

WNU Editor: This same commander is also boasting that Iran is ready to face the U.S. .... Ground Force Commander: Iran Ready To Confront US (Jewish Business News).