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On Saturday Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran is in a “full-scale war” with the U.S., Israel and Europe.
“We are in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and Europe; they don’t want our country to remain stable,” Pezeshkian said in an interview Saturday.
Pezeshkian detailed the ‘total war’ tactics that he claims the West is waging against Iran.
”Here, they are besieging us from every aspect, they are putting us in difficulty and constraint, creating problems — in terms of livelihood, culturally, politically, and security-wise — while raising society’s expectations,” Pezeshkian said.
He described economic siege tactics he claimed is being waged against Iran.
“On one side, they block our sales, our exchanges, our trade, and on the other side, expectations in society have risen. Consequently, we must all help with all our might to fix the country,” he said.
The Iranian leader made the comments in an interview published on the website of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:
The Hill detailed the Iranian’s proclamation:
Khamenei and Pezeshkian have reiterated an ironclad stance against the West after a U.S.- and Israel-led attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June.
President Trump has pledged to stop Iran’s efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon, despite the country’s claims that it is just experimenting with nuclear enrichment. He is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.
The AP also detailed the tensions between Washington and Tehran:
The remarks came two days before a planned meeting between Trump and Netanyahu during Netanyahu’s visit to the U.S. Iran is expected to be a key topic in the talks.
Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran that came during a 12-day air war in June killed nearly 1,100 Iranians including senior military commanders and nuclear scientists. Retaliatory missile barrages by Iran killed 28 in Israel.
