IRANIAN MILITARY OFFICIAL: ‘WE HAVE 100,000 MISSILES IN LEBANON READY TO HIT ISRAEL':

Speaking on al-Quds Day, 1 July 2016, Iran's annual commemoration of the country’s solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard said that Lebanon has 100,000 missiles ready to annihilate Israel. Senior Iranian official, Hossein Salami, said: "The opportunity to destroy Israel is now better than ever, because tens of thousands of long-range missiles all over the Islamic world are ready to hit Israel immediately upon receiving the order." In addition, Salami accused Israel of serving as a proxy for American espionage in the Islamic world, stating that "the Palestinian revolution of stones is now turning into a revolution of missiles that will leave Israelis no time to breathe. Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in Tehran and in 850 other cities in the Islamic Republic on Friday 1 July 2016 to mark the annual Quds Day, raising banners with anti-Israel slogans. (J.Post)