“American officials are illogical people, their sayings are illogical, their actions are illogical, they are bullies, they expect others to surrender to their bullying and illogical actions.”Masoud Kazemzadeh, “Ayatollah Khameini’s Foreign Policy Orientation,” Comparative Strategy, November 8, 2013, 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2013.840208.

“America has crashed. Today no government in the world is as despised as the government of America.”Masoud Kazemzadeh, “Ayatollah Khameini’s Foreign Policy Orientation,” Comparative Strategy, November 8, 2013, 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2013.840208.

“Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality on the basis of psychological and sociological principles, they will be prevented from publishing their work. How is it that these people feel obligated to respect freedom of expression?”“Supreme Leader Urges Action Against Anti-Islam Film,” The Office of the Supreme leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei, September 17, 2012, http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/?p=contentShow&id=9873.

“The fake Zionist (regime) will disappear from the landscape of geography.”Herb Keinon and Joanna Paraszczuk, “Khamenei: Zionist Regime Will Disappear from Map,” Jerusalem Post, August 15, 2012, http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Khamenei-Zionist-regime-will-disappear-from-map.

“The great powers have dominated the destiny of the Islamic countries for years and… installed the Zionist cancerous tumour in the heart of the Islamic world.” Greg Tepper, “Israel a ‘cancerous Tumor’ and Middle East’s Biggest Problem, Iranian Supreme Leader Says,” Times of Israel, August 19, 2012, http://www.timesofisrael.com/khamenei-israeli-a-malignant-zionist-tumor/.

“From now onward, we will support and help any nations, any groups fighting against the Zionist regime across the world, and we are not afraid of declaring this.”Thomas Erdbrink, “Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran will back ‘any nations, any groups’ fighting Israel,” Washington Post, February 3, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-says-it-launched-satellite/2012/02/03/gIQARNuDmQ_story.html.

“The Zionist regime is a true cancer tumor on this region that should be cut off. And it definitely will be cut off.”Thomas Erdbrink, “Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran will back ‘any nations, any groups’ fighting Israel,” Washington Post, February 3, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-says-it-launched-satellite/2012/02/03/gIQARNuDmQ_story.html.

“The attempt of the media outlets belonging to the oppressive world order/hegemony to highlight deviant paradigms draws inspiration from the dangerous aims of the Zionist Protocols. This paradigm, built by the media, is based on a clear and well-defined policy.”“Khamenei: Western Media Draws Inspiration From Protocols Of Elders Of Zion,” MEMRI, October 18, 2011, http://www.thememriblog.org/antisemitism/blog_personal/en/41024.htm.

“Wherever a movement is Islamic, populist, and anti-American, we support it.”Geneive Abdo, “How Iran Keeps Assad in Power in Syria,” Foreign Affairs, August 25, 2011, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68230/geneive-abdo/how-iran-keeps-assad-in-power-in-syria.