Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) commander Hossein Salami was quoted as saying on Saturday that Israel’s destruction is not too far away.

Salami made the remark during a meeting with the family of Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, an Iranian missile development officer who died in 2011 in a large explosion at a test site. Although Iran denied that the explosion was the result of a sabotage operation, some Western sources later claimed that Israeli intelligence was involved.

The IRGC commander referred to Moghaddam’s tombstone where it says, “Here is interned a man who wanted to destroy Israel,” and said, “Today witnessing the decline of enemies, especially the Zionist usurpers and child-killers,” Moghaddam’s dream will soon come true.

Iranian officials, especially IRGC commanders have recently become much more vociferous in their attacks against Israel after a Chinese brokered agreement with Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic relations. The agreement is seen in Tehran as a defeat for the United States and an end to Iran’s regional isolation.

Attacks and counterattacks between Israel and Palestinian militant groups flared up in early April and again this week, while the Iranian regime began openly saying that Israel’s destruction is imminent.

Other IRGC officers on Saturday spoke about progress in weapons development. Deputy commander of IRGC’s aerospace force, Gen. Majid Mousavi announced that the flight time of Islamic Republic’s drones has reached 24 hours.

Mousavi announced that Israel’s nuclear reactor is a legitimate target for Iran’s increasingly accurate missiles and drones.

Iran has supplied kamikaze drones to Russia that have been used extensively against Ukrainian civilian targets.