Iran’s president says need to move beyond ‘no war, no peace’ situation

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Iran security chief Mohsen Rezaei says any state joining US sanctions against Iran will be considered an enemy, and Tehran will target their interests in retaliation.

Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has said the country is “in a full-scale economic, military and security war” but that the US falsely predicted Iran would become another Venezuela.