Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in stark terms Thursday evening, saying "a hundred Netanyahus are not worth even the shoelace of our leader," according to Iranian-media sources. The remark was reported by Dror Balazada, who covers Iran and Arab-world affairs for Israeli media.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf delivered a sharp personal attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening, saying that "a hundred Netanyahus are not worth even the shoelace of our leader." The remark was reported by Dror Balazada, a veteran Israeli journalist covering Iran and the Arab world.
Ghalibaf — a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air force and a prominent hardliner within the Iranian establishment — has made a series of combative statements in recent weeks. As The Zioneer has previously reported, Ghalibaf last week called for the "liberation of Jerusalem" and tied it to a Lebanon ceasefire, and has repeatedly dismissed U.S.-Iran diplomatic efforts as untrustworthy, calling a potential memorandum of understanding "a document of America's defeat."
The latest comment, directed personally at Netanyahu, continues the pattern of escalating rhetoric from Iranian leadership figures as diplomatic talks with the U.S. and European powers continue. No further context or audience was provided in the initial report.
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