global warming .. a bit worried by the thought, page-7

Are you sure that it was a direct threat to wipe Israel from the map or could there have been translational and contextual dimensions that are not mentioned.

Have a look at this translation of what was said and its context.

http://www.mohammadmossadegh.com/news/rumor-of-the-century/

"Everyone" knows that the Iranians threatened to annihilate Israel but what if everyone was being misled by those that want to pre-emptively attack Iran, and the quote wasn't true??