
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has sharply escalated rhetoric over regional tensions by stating that Iran is already engaged in a full-scale war with the United States, Israel and Europe, redefining months of military and economic pressure as an active and ongoing conflict.
In remarks reported by the Associated Press, Pezeshkian said Iran is facing a campaign that is more dangerous and complex than the eight-year Iran–Iraq war of the 1980s, arguing that today's conflict targets every aspect of national stability rather than relying on conventional battlefields.