Both narratives present the other as an enemy aiming to destroy or dominate them.
Fars quoted Mr. Larijani as saying Iran's enemies "aim to weaken the revolutionary people and promote the spirit of their puppet rulers".
Last year, Al Qaeda specifically denounced the humanitarian agencies of the United Nations as "direct enemies aiming to change the fabric of Muslim society".
A world-record holder in skeet shooting, Hancock, 19, knew he would probably never take aim at an enemy target.
It's not easy to question a war with an enemy who aims missiles at an uninvolved nation, but the writer took heart, surrounded by well over a hundred thousand fellow-citizens who had been unable to suppress their doubts.
Today our leaders tell us that an aerial shield will deflect all enemy attacks aimed at our shores.
With both, boredom is the enemy: the aim is to have as many musicians, fire-eaters, dancers and acrobats crammed on to the stage as possible.
It must be exhilarating for Brazilians to have their society dissected so candidly, with films like The Enemy Within aiming for The Wire-like sweep and pathos.
As Janet Suzman says, "Athol's plays were always driven by a moral outrage and, when you have an enemy, your aim is sure and true".
The military said in a statement that it had "maintained a high professional and moral level" during the 22-day war, which ended Jan . 18 though it faced "an enemy that aimed to terrorize Israeli civilians whilst taking cover" among Palestinian civilians and "using them as human shields".
