The Tehran Times, an Iranian state-run newspaper, issued a threat against Israel with the headline “Just One Wrong Move!” and a map of targets for Iranian missile attacks.
The Wednesday edition of the Times stated that an “intensification of Israeli military threats against Iran suggest that the Zionist regime has forgotten that Iran is more than capable of hitting them from anywhere.” The map published in the Times showed several targets in Israel as well as in Lebanon and the West Bank.
Read Iran's severe warning to Israel in tomorrow's edition of Tehran Times.
Also, read about the latest status of #ViennaTalks.
Visit https://t.co/8hi3EBzDY8 to read more. pic.twitter.com/7LFv3aCHs7
— Tehran Times (@TehranTimes79) December 14, 2021
Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action Agenda at the Simon Wiesenthal Center Rabbi Abraham Cooper said in a statement, “Iran has just explicitly threatened Israel through its Tehran Times mouthpiece. The Simon Wiesenthal Center urges all countries involved in Vienna talks with Iran – led by the United States, UK, Germany, France – to publicly denounce Iran for the regime’s threats and support for terrorism across the region.”
“If there is no pressure for regime change by the world’s most powerful democracies, they must at least link any further softening of sanctions to behavioral change by the Mullahcracy,” he added. “Iran is already threatening its neighbors with nuclear blackmail and one way or other will have nukes soon. That will create a sure path to catastrophic war. Why are our leaders silent when Israel and the Gulf States are continually threatened with annihilation by the Iranian regime?”
StandWithUs tweeted that the paper showed that “The Iranian regime has made their aim very clear: They want the State of #Israel destroyed.” They added: “The Iranian regime is a threat to world stability. When will the world wake up?”
The Iranian regime has made their aim very clear: They want the State of #Israel destroyed. Their threats even made it to the front page of the 'Tehran Times' on Wednesday morning.
And on the map published, they even threatened to attack Lebanese and Palestinian cities. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/1h8RITRqdi
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) December 15, 2021
The Iranian regime is a threat to world stability.
When will the world wake up? (2/2)#Israel
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) December 15, 2021
Iranian Americans for Liberty Executive Director Bryan E. Leib tweeted, “This is who President Joe Biden is negotiating with. Makes me sick. Should make every American sick.” He added in a later tweet: “I view this front page headline, coupled with everything else from the Islamic Republic as a declaration of war against Israel. I wouldn’t be surprised if Israel is in the process of launching strategic strikes against [Iranian] nuclear targets as I type this.”
Today's front page of a Regime-affiliated newspaper in Tehran – "Just One Wrong Move".
This is who President Joe Biden is negotiating with. Makes me sick. Should make every American sick.
Shame on you @POTUS! pic.twitter.com/nb3zib2Z50
— Bryan E. Leib (@BryanLeibFL) December 15, 2021
Enough is enough. I view this front page headline, coupled with everything else from the Islamic Republic as a declaration of war against Israel.
I wouldn't be surprised if Israel is in the process of launching strategic strikes against IR nuclear targets as I type this. https://t.co/bAcvKR3jbh
— Bryan E. Leib (@BryanLeibFL) December 15, 2021
The satirical Mossad Twitter account tweeted to Twitter, “Is threatening genocide of our people a common practice on your platform?”
Hey @Twitter. Is threatening genocide of our people a common practice on your platform? https://t.co/8sW0NJAt4h
— The Mossad: The Spies Who Loved You (@TheMossadIL) December 15, 2021
Emily Schrader, Founder and CEO of Social Lite Creative, noted that the Times map also had Palestinian and Lebanese targets. “Israel, don’t mess with Iran or they’ll fire rockets at …your enemies?” she wrote.
Iranian newspaper publishes map threatening Israel with rocket attacks with pins placed on potential targets, including Palestinian and Lebanese targets 😂
Israel, don’t mess with Iran or they’ll fire rockets at …your enemies? pic.twitter.com/jBx3YjsVg7
— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) December 15, 2021
The Tehran Times threat comes amidst negotiations in Vienna between Iran and the United States as well as various Western countries to persuade Iran to re-enter the 2015 nuclear deal; then-President Donald Trump exited from the deal in 2018. Since then, Iran has ramped up its nuclear capacity to 60% purity, just below the 90% threshold needed to build nuclear weapons.
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