Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian has accused the United States, Israel, and European countries of waging a “total war” against Iran, in comments published on Saturday, more than six months after Israeli-American strikes on Iranian territory.
Massoud Pezeshkian © Mena Today
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian has accused the United States, Israel, and European countries of waging a “total war” against Iran, in comments published on Saturday, more than six months after Israeli-American strikes on Iranian territory.
“In my view, we are in a total war with the United States, Israel and Europe. They want to bring our country to its knees,” Pezeshkian said in an interview with the official website of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
The remarks come as France, United Kingdom, and Germany move to reinstate United Nations sanctions on Iran over concerns linked to its nuclear programme.
Such statements are widely seen as part of Tehran’s long-standing political rhetoric, regularly used by the Islamic Republic’s leadership to frame external pressure as an existential threat. Iranian officials have often portrayed diplomatic, economic and military tensions with Western powers as a unified campaign against the country.
At home, however, the ruling clerical establishment faces deep and persistent discontent. The regime of the mollahs is broadly unpopular among large segments of the Iranian population, worn down by economic hardship, international isolation and strict social controls.
Protests in recent years have underscored the growing gap between official discourse and public sentiment, highlighting a society increasingly skeptical of the leadership’s confrontational narrative.
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told Reuters on Wednesday, in one of the biggest concessions yet to Iran.
The U.S. Treasury said on Wednesday it had removed counter-terrorism sanctions from Iraq's Fly Baghdad Airlines and two aircraft that were imposed in 2024 over links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, citing changes in the airline's behavior.
Qatar said mediators were making progress in efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war on Tuesday, driving oil prices lower, although Tehran has denied President Donald Trump's assertion that talks are already under way.
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