Iran’s president says his country is in a full-scale war with the West
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President of Iran Massoud Pezeshkian He said on Saturday that his country was in an all-out war with the US, Israel and Europe before the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He will meet with US President Donald Trump on Monday.
Pezeshkian said in an interview published on the country’s website: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei It said on Saturday that the war was worse than Iran’s deadly war with Iraq in the 1980s.
“We are in an all-out war with the USA, Israel and Europe; they do not want our country to remain stable,” he said.
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Pezeshkian said the West’s war against Iran was “more complex and more difficult” than the 1980-1988 Iraq war, which killed more than 1 million people on both sides.
These remarks came two days before a planned meeting between Trump and Netanyahu during Netanyahu’s visit to the United States. Iran is expected to be an important issue in the talks.
Approximately 1,100 Iranians, including senior military commanders and nuclear scientists, were killed in attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States during a 12-day air war in June. Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes killed 28 people in Israel.
