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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Bernadette B. Tixon

'On Brink of World War Three': Iranian MP Links US-Iran Escalation to Ukraine and Taiwan Crises

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USS Tarawa (LHA 1) transits the Strait of Hormuz; Tehran MP warns world on brink of WW3 (Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Cryptologic Technician 2nd Class Aaron H. Leicht/WikiMedia Commons)

A Tehran MP has warned that the world is 'practically on the brink of World War Three', linking the escalating US-Iran conflict to tensions over Ukraine and Taiwan. Kamran Ghazanfari made the comments in an interview with Iran's official Labour News Agency (ILNA).

Ghazanfari, who represents Tehran in Iran's parliament, argued that NATO's support for Ukraine against Russia, along with Moscow's tensions with Britain and Germany, had increased the risk of the conflict spreading to other parts of Europe.

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