Iran warns 'war with Israel has already begun'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Iran seeks to dominate the region - and seeks to do so under a nuclear umbrella,' Bennett said on Monday.
53% : An Iranian couple walk next to short-range missiles in a street exhibition by Iran's army in Tehran on September 25 2021.
51% : His comments come just days after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appealed to the international community for support in confronting Iran over their nuclear programme.
50% : The spokesman's comments came just days after Israel's prime minister Naftali Bennett (pictured) addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Monday and asked for international support in confronting Iran over their nuclear programmeAfter claiming that an Iran-Israel war was already underway, the Iranian spokesman added that Israel 'had done everything' in an attempt to scupper nuclear talks with the UN in Vienna, and sought to drive a wedge between Iran and world powers.
47% : Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (pictured) and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on Thursday, signifying the development of positive relations between the two countries which has angered Iran
45% : Iran, which says its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes and denies the development of nuclear weapons, said Friday that it expected talks to resume soon on reviving the 2015 agreement scaling back its programme in exchange for sanctions relief.
45% : Iran is wary of Azerbaijan in particular for its deep military cooperation with Israel, and on Thursday voiced its concerns to Azerbaijani ambassador in Tehran Ali Alizadeh.
43% : Iran and the US are reportedly trying to re-establish the Iran nuclear deal from 2015, but Israeli PM Naftali Bennett has called for support in confronting Iran over its nuclear programme'
41% : Israel believes that Iran aims to develop nuclear weapons - a charge Iran denies - and says the international nuclear accord reached with Iran in 2015 did not include enough safeguards to keep Iran from reaching a weapons capability.
40% : Khatibzadeh made the Friday statement as Iranian forces kicked off a large-scale display of military power near the nation's border with Azerbaijan, another country that Iran perceives as having worryingly close ties with Israel.
39% : Every place Iran touches fails,' he said, claiming that Iranian activities threatened the entire world.
39% : Tehran sees the development of relations between the states as unacceptable for the region.
38% : 'Israel will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.'
35% : In his maiden speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Bennett said Iran had breached all the 'red lines' aimed at curbing its nuclear weapons programme but that Israel 'will not allow' Tehran to get the bomb.
34% : 'Iran is blamed for terrorism, but there is no good or bad terrorist.
30% : He called Iran´s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, the 'butcher of Tehran' for his past role in suppressing political dissent and accused Iran of arming, funding and training Israel´s enemies across the region.
26% : In a reply later Monday on the assembly floor, Iranian diplomat Payman Ghadirkhomi accused Bennett of making baseless allegations and using 'threatening language' toward Iran.

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