The president of Iran has said his country is involved in a 'total war' with the US, Israel and Europe as fears of a potential World War III fail to go away.
Masoud Pezeshkian added fuel to the fire with comments published on the website of the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday (December 27).
It comes months after Israel and the US fired strikes on Iran back in June, which killed close to 1,100, including senior military commanders and nuclear scientists.
"We are in a full-scale war with the US, Israel and Europe; they don’t want our country to remain stable," Pezeshkian said in recent remarks.
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He added: "If one understands it well, this war is far more complex and difficult than that war. In the war with Iraq, the situation was clear, they fired missiles, and we knew where to hit.
"Here, they are besieging us from every aspect; they are creating problems for us in terms of livelihood, culturally, politically, and security-wise."
While Iran was hit hard earlier this year, the president claims his country's military is stronger than ever.
"Our beloved military forces are doing their jobs with strength, and now, in terms of equipment and manpower, despite all the problems we have, they are stronger than when they attacked.
"So if they want to attack, they will naturally face a more decisive response."
Pezeshkian's comments come as Donald Trump is set to meet Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, with Iran set to be a key topic on the agenda.
It was on June 22 when President Trump announced that US forces had launched air attacks on Iran.
"Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror," Trump said.
"Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."
Topics: Iran, Israel, Europe, Politics, World News
Callum Jones