Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the late pro-US Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Tehran, Feb. 10, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Iran’s president declares Tehran is already at war with the US, Israel, and Europe, comparing it to the devastating years-long war with Iraq.
By World Israel News Staff
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared over the weekend that Tehran is in a state of total war against Israel, the United States, and Europe, comparing the situation to the devastating war between Iran and Iraq during the 1980s.
On Saturday, the official website of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published an interview with President Pezeshkian in which the Iranian head of state accused not only Israel but the US and Europe of seeking to destroy Iranian independence.
“In my view, we are in a full-scale war with the United States, Israel, and Europe; they do not want our country to stand on its own feet,” Pezeshkian said.
Pezeshkian said the threat facing Iran from Israel, the US, and Europe is “worse” than the Iran-Iraq war, a conflict which lasted nearly eight years and left hundreds of thousands of Iranians dead.
“If one understands it properly, this war is far more complex and more difficult than that war.”
“In the war with Iraq, the situation was clear; they fired missiles, and it was clear where we would strike back. But here, they are now besieging us in every respect, putting us under pressure and in tight corners, creating problems—economically, culturally, politically, and in terms of security.”
The president emphasized, however, that Iran is now “stronger” than ever before, and well-positioned to confront the West.
“Despite all the problems we face, we are now, in terms of both equipment and personnel, far stronger than we were during their previous attacks,” Pezeshkian continued.
“Therefore, if they choose to strike, they will then naturally face a more decisive response.”
The interview was published on the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the United States, during which he is slated to meet with President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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