{"id":285506,"date":"2026-09-09T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/285506\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:50:13","slug":"middle-east-on-brink-of-world-war-iii-says-iranian-lawmaker-kamran-ghazanfari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/285506\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East on brink of World War III, says Iranian lawmaker Kamran Ghazanfari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranian lawmaker Kamran Ghazanfari said that the region is \u201cpractically on the brink of World War III<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report of his comments appeared in Iran International. Ghazanfari has been known for some outlandish claims. For instance, he claimed in the past that Iran\u2019s president Ebrahim Raisi was assassinated by Israel and its allies in 2024.<\/p>\n

The Ghazanfari comments are interesting because they likely illustrate how some of Iran\u2019s more extremist politicians and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) elites view the war. They see it as a regional and global conflict.<\/p>\n

The Islamic Republic has worked with Russia and China<\/a> and has hopes that it can challenge the US-led world order. Iran has long portrayed its Islamic Revolution as a unique event that would transform the region and the world.<\/p>\n

This goes back to the fact that Iranian Islamists believed they were presenting a new path during the Cold War that was different from those of the American and Soviet blocs. That changed in the 1990s when the Soviet Union declined.<\/p>\n

\"MunitionsMunitions seen near a B1 bomber at RAF Fairford on July 24, 2026 in Fairford, England. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has declared RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire a ”legitimate target” after U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers used the British base to launch bombing missions. (credit: Matthew Horwood\/Getty Images)Iran positions itself on side of a new world order<\/p>\n

While Iran has at times considered reconciliation with the United States, it has also sought to position itself alongside countries that want a new world order. Weakening the US and pushing it out of the Middle East is a key goal of Tehran.<\/p>\n

Iran International noted on September 9: \u201cGhazanfari, a Tehran representative in the parliament, said that we are \u2018practically on the brink of World War III\u2019 and considered the expansion of the war between Russia and Ukraine and the increase in tension between world powers as grounds for the formation of a widespread conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report noted that he made the comments in an interview with the official Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).<\/p>\n

\u201cGhazanfari said that NATO\u2019s support for Ukraine in its war with Russia<\/a> – and Moscow\u2019s tensions with Britain and Germany – have increased the possibility of the conflict spreading to other European countries. He also called the US-China dispute over Taiwan another area of widespread conflict in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the interview, Ghazanfari also focused on Iran\u2019s plan to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). \u201cAccording to him, there is a possibility that this issue will be put on the parliament\u2019s agenda again.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the past, he has critiqued the chances of a US deal. For instance, in June he criticized the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US. At the time, it seemed America and Iran might be able to reach an agreement. Ghazanfari said that any deal with the US would lack legitimacy and not be binding.<\/p>\n

At the time, Iran International reported that \u201cIranian lawmaker Kamran Ghazanfari\u201d said in a \u201cwarning to the negotiating team\u201d that they should not cross any of the supreme leader\u2019s red lines.<\/p>\n

US reportedly threatens Iran, members of negotiation team<\/p>\n

\u201cGhazanfari added that the United States had repeatedly threatened Iran and members of its negotiating team during the two-month talks, saying any deal reached under such conditions would have no validity under international law,\u201d Iran International said.<\/p>\n

Ghazanfari has also warned in the past about American and Israeli plans for a broader military operation. He claimed that the US might seize Iranian islands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvidence and signs show that the United States and Israel are planning a large-scale operation. They probably intend to seize some of our islands in the south and have brought many forces and equipment into the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s regime is currently continuing attacks in the region. Its recent attacks on Jordan<\/a> and threats to attack tankers indicate that it wants to show that it can respond in kind to any US strikes and is telegraphing that it will not back down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranian lawmaker Kamran Ghazanfari said that the region is \u201cpractically on the brink of World War III.\u201d The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[89,262,714,34,2746,424,49,1486,29365,92,55,56,66205],"class_list":["post-285506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-ayatollah-ali-khamenei","tag-china","tag-gulf-states","tag-iran","tag-iran-war-scenario","tag-irgc","tag-middle-east","tag-nato","tag-operation-economic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-world-war-iii"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117241645015315724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}