Tehran's Israel-Expiration Countdown Clock

"Firstly, you [Israel] will not see [the] next 25 years."

"God willing, there will be nothing as Zionist regime by [the] next 25 years."

"Secondly, until then, struggling, heroic and jihadi morale will leave no moment of serenity for Zionists."

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 

 

"In accordance with the directives of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and myself, the IDF is now attacking with full intensity. For every shot fired at the Israeli home front, the Iranian dictator will be punished."

"[The strikes will continue until] all war goals [are achieved.] We will continue to act to protect the home front and defeat the enemy."

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz  

 

Israel Defence Forces: A List of Targets Struck in Iran This Afternoon: June23/25

• 1. Command centers and assets belonging to the IRGC and internal security forces 
• 2. 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗷 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀- One of the IRGC’s central armed bases of power; responsible for enforcing Islamic law and reporting civilian violations to regime authorities 
• 3. 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗼𝗿𝘇 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀 – Oversees security and military operations in the Tehran District 
• 4. “𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗿-𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵” 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 – Tasked with defending Tehran from security threats 
• 5. “𝗦𝗮𝘆𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹-𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗮” 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀 – Responsible for homeland defense and the suppression of internal unrest 
• 6. 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀— Supervises personnel within the internal security wing and manages the monitoring and control of organizational information and media 

Iranian Protesters unveil a digital countdown showing 8411 days until Israel is destroyed AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi

 

There was what Israel spoke of as "unprecedented force" used to hit key targets within the Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday. Targets included the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' international security headquarters along with its militia segment, the Basij. Evin Prison where "political prisoners and [regime] opponents end up", according to Israel's Minister of Defence had its gates blown up, an opportunity for those held prisoner to depart their incarceration. This is a prison notorious for its brutality; where imprisoned women held for dress code infractions are brutalized and raped and on occasion, murdered.

 

A 2008 photo of Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, where a number of foreigners and dual nationals have been detained over the years. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)

 

And there was another target, that of the "Destruction of Israel" clock which stood in Palestine Square in Tehran. It was given pride of place there in 2017. Prominently displayed, the digital billboard counts down the days until the arrival of the highly anticipated "annihilation of Israel occurs". Demonstrators in Tehran, incited by the Grand Ayatollah -- following the 2015 agreement struck with the U.S., China, the U.K., France, Germany and Russia to limit and reduce its uranium enrichment -- who taunted Israel with the imminence of it destruction, erected the clock.

 

'Destruction of Israel' clock in Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran

 

It was unveiled on June 18, 2017 to celebrate Quds (Jerusalem) Day. This is an annual event in support of Palestinians and in referrence to opposition to Israel's existence on land ostensibly consecrated to Islam after the Islamic conquest, despite that this is the very land that is ancestrally Judean, pre-dating the very existence of Islam, by thousands of years. 'Quds day' was a brainchild of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Rohollah Khomeini.

 

Red digital lettering presenting in Persian, English and Arabic displays the number of days "Left before the destruction of Israel", repeating Khamenei's original promise. The script appears over an Israeli flag intersected by a green, red and white-painted fist. Originally, at its initial installment, Israel was given 8,411 days until its annihilation, supposedly some 25 years from the date predicted by Khamenei, September 9, 2040.

 

Israel hit Iran's capital of Tehran with airstrikes on key targets early Monday morning. Among them, but not pictured here, was a digital clock counting down to the predicted destruction of Israel. Photo by - /UGC/AFP via Getty Images