Netanyahu to Iranians: Iran fears us, it fears you more

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview to Iran International today (Monday), laying out Israel's goals for Operation Rising Lion and giving encouragement to the Iranian people at large.

Explaining the rational of Rising Lion, he said that "The tyrants of Tehran basically planned two weapons of mass death to exterminate Israel. One is to rush forward with their nuclear program to develop atomic bombs to destroy Israel. Second, they've programmed to build a vast missile, ballistic missile arsenal [...] Each missile carrying a one-ton payload, just slamming into our cities, killing our women, our children. They were going to build 20,000 of these.”

He also clarified to the Iranian people, 80% of whom oppose the current government according to him, that Israel's war is not with them:

“They've impoverished you. They've given you misery. They've given you death. They've given you terror. They shoot down your women, leaving this brave, unbelievable woman, Mahsa Amini, to bleed on the sidewalk for not covering her hair. I mean, this is an outrageous radical fanatic regime, and the time has come to defang them.

"I believe in you. I respect you. I admire you. I know your achievements. I know your potential. I know that Iran can be great again. It was a great civilization, and these theological thuggery that has kidnapped your country, will not stand for long, and you are the future, not them.”