If Israel and the US were to attack Iran again, they would \u2018face a more decisive response\u2019, Pezeshkian warns.<\/p>\n
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says that the United States, Israel and Europe are waging a \u201cfull-fledged war\u201d against his country.<\/p>\n
The president\u2019s remarks on Saturday came ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s meeting on Monday with US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
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They also come six months after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran<\/a>, and after France, Germany and the United Kingdom reimposed United Nations sanctions on Iran in September over its nuclear programme.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my opinion, we are in a full-fledged war with America, Israel and Europe. They do not want our country to stand on its feet,\u201d Pezeshkian told the official site of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an interview.<\/p>\n \u201cOur dear 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 [Israel and the US] attacked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, if they want to attack, they will naturally face a more decisive response.\u201d<\/p>\n The president said that \u201cthis war\u201d was unlike past ones.<\/p>\n \u201cThis war is worse than Iraq\u2019s war against us. If one understands it well, this war is far more complex and difficult than that war,\u201d Pezeshkian said, referring to the 1980-1988 conflict between the neighbouring countries in which thousands were killed.<\/p>\n The US and its allies accuse Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, a claim Tehran has repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n Israel and Iran engaged in a 12-day war in June, triggered by an unprecedented Israeli attack on Iranian military and nuclear sites<\/a>, as well as civilian areas.<\/p>\n The strikes caused more than 1,000 casualties, according to Iranian authorities.<\/p>\n The US later joined the Israeli operation, bombing three Iranian nuclear sites.<\/p>\n Washington\u2019s involvement brought a halt to negotiations with Tehran, which began in April, over its nuclear programme.<\/p>\n Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has revived his so-called \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d policy against Iran, initiated during his first term.<\/p>\n That has included additional sanctions designed to economically cripple the country and dry up its oil revenues from sales on the global market.<\/p>\n