> if you are threatening to annihilate another country, I wouldn't gamble on the latter.

you mean what Israel is doing and saying every single day? Doesn't seem to bother anyone.

In the Iran-israel conflict it's pretty clear cut who started the rhetoric of annihilating the other side first (spoiler, it was Iran)

Anyway, I cant comprehend why anyone would try to defend the actions of the Iranian regime, it's just a horrible regime.