Khamenei Threat

February 3, 2012
Threat Type: Statement

Threat Intensity: None

Iran's leader Ali Khamenei threatened the state of Israel during a weekly sermon in Tehran, Iran on February 3. "We have intervened in anti-Israel matters, and it brought victory in the 33-day war by Hezbollah against Israel in 2006, and in the 22-day war...From now on, in any place, if any nation or any group confronts the Zionist regime, we will endorse and we will help...[Israel is a] cancerous tumor that should be cut and will be cut." (AP)