In Tehran’s Palestine Square, Iran maintains a prominent digital countdown clock that marks the days until the projected destruction of Israel in the year 2040. The clock was installed in 2017, based on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s 2015 prediction that Israel would cease to exist within 25 years. Despite Israeli claims of destroying it during recent airstrikes, Iranian media insists the clock remains operational, continuing to count down as a symbol of Iran’s hostile stance toward Israel.