Iran DM: If Israel strikes us we will raze Tel Aviv March 8, 2021 at 10:27 am | Published in: Iran, Israel, Middle East, News Iranian Defence Minister Amir Khatami [Wikipedia] March 8, 2021 at 10:27 am Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami yesterday warned that Tehran would raze Haifa and Tel Aviv to the ground if Israel committed any aggression against the Islamic Republic. "Sometimes, the Zionist regime [Israel] out of desperation makes big claims against the Islamic Republic of Iran to allegedly threaten it while this regime knows and if it doesn't know, it must know that if it does a damn thing, we will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground," Hatami said, noting that the plan to raze the two major Israeli cities would be implemented with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's approval.