Iranian President Says His Country in Full-Fledged War With US, Europe, and Israel

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 16, 2024. Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that the Iranian regime is in a full-scale war with the United States, Europe, and Israel—months after his country’s nuclear facilities were bombed during a 12-day-long aerial war.Pezeshkian said in a Dec. 27 interview released on the website of the country’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that the war is worse than the Iranian conflict with Iraq that began when then-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Iran in 1980 and that lasted throughout the decade.