When did Iran threaten the USA? Give specific instances.
What is this, a homework assignment? :lol:
Easiest one ever if it is.
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/460
America's war on terrorism did not begin in September 2001. It began in November 1979.
That was shortly after Ayatollah Khomeini had seized power in Iran, riding the slogan "Death to America" - and sure enough, the attacks on Americans soon began. In November 1979, a militant Islamic mob took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran, the Iranian capital, and held 52 Americans hostage for the next 444 days.
The rescue team sent to free those hostages in April 1980 suffered eight fatalities, making them the first of militant Islam's many American casualties. Others included:
April 1983: 63 dead at the U.S. embassy in Beirut.
October 1983: 241 dead at the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.
December 1983: five dead at the U.S. embassy in Kuwait.
January 1984: the president of the American University of Beirut killed.
April 1984: 18 dead near a U.S. airbase in Spain.
September 1984: 16 dead at the U.S. embassy in Beirut (again).
December 1984: Two dead on a plane hijacked to Tehran.
June 1985: One dead on a plane hijacked to Beirut.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2002/02/11/iran020211.html
Tehran's Freedom Square was filled with tens of thousands of people celebrating the Islamic Republic of Iran's founding. It was also filled the sounds of "Death to America."
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In a speech on Monday, Khatami condemned the U.S. and urged Iranians to support the fight against the external enemy.
http://changingworldviews.blogspot.com/2006/01/iran-is-ranting-death-to-america.html
During prayer at a rally this week, thousands of Muslims in Iran chanted, "Death to America!, Death to America!" Huge banner signs are seen saying in english, "Down with America."
http://www.jtf.org/america/america.iranian.dictator.vows.to.destroy.america.htm
On October 26, 2005, when Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed before the whole world to "wipe Israel off the face of the earth," he also vowed in the same speech to destroy America.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-08-iran-nuclear_x.htm
Iran threatened the United States with "harm and pain" Wednesday if the U.S. tries to use the U.N. Security Council
http://www.freemuslims.org/news/article.php?article=65
In recent weeks, prominent Iranian figures have issued statements against the West, both within the government and in the newspapers close to the regime. These statements include threats to U.S. and European interests and targets throughout the world.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/002513.php
More saber-rattling from Tehran
http://www.gracethrufaith.com/ikvot/this-week-in-mid-east-prophecy
Another high-ranking Iranian Ayatollah said that being surrounded by US troops "works to our advantage. It means that the US is now within our firing range in the East, West, and elsewhere." The US has to be taken out of the picture before Iran can make good on its pledge to wipe Israel off the map. To this end Iran has mounted attacks against the US monetary system, is involved behind the scenes in Iraq, and claims to have sleeper cells in the US ready to launch terror attacks against the infrastructure and even civilian population centers.
http://influencepeddler.blogspot.com/2006/07/iran-threatens-us.html
"They have been trained and they can become fully armed. We are ready to dispatch them to every corner of the world to jeopardise Israel and America's interests. We are only waiting for the Supreme Leader's green light to take action. If America wants to ignite World War Three ... we welcome it," he said.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17231
“If you [Americans] behave with disrespect even just a little bit, [the Iranian people] will punch you in the mouth so hard that all your devouring teeth will fall out.” So warned Iran's Ayatollah Mohammad Ememi-Kashani in a Friday sermon at Tehran University, which aired on January 28, 2005, on Iranian TV channel 1.
Edit: Of course, I could go on and on, but I think the point is made.
