The Daily Caller reports that a top Iranian military commander says the despotic regime only wants nuclear power to "progress in science." In order to do that, he says, America must be destroyed.
In a video broadcast to Basij members on Feb. 26, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi said the Islamic regime’s "independence and unhindered advance toward perfection is subject to removing the despotic powers and the Zionists," referring to America and Israel.
"In every field in which the Islamic Republic of Iran tries to advance," Naqdi said, "America is there to create obstacles for us. … When we want progress in science, they enforce sanctions and kill our scientists."
"As long as America exists, we will not rest," Naqdi said. "In revealing the truth about America and the Zionists, we must raise public hate against the despotic powers and create the environment for the destruction of America."