Israel will be ‘destroyed’ if Trump sparks war in Middle East – Iran defense minister

‘The Iranian defense minister says Donald Trump’s election has led to “unease,” and that any war with Iran caused by his administration would “destroy” Israel and smaller Gulf states. It comes amid concern Trump will pull out of the nuclear pact agreed with Tehran last year.
Hossein Dehghan said on Sunday that the possibility that Trump may take a “different path” regarding the nuclear deal arranged between Tehran and six world powers last year has led to “unease, particularly among Persian Gulf countries,” the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, as cited by Reuters.
He said that “enemies may want to impose a war on us based on false calculations and only taking into consideration their material capabilities.”
If such a war were to occur, it “would mean the destruction of the Zionist regime [Israel]…and will engulf the whole region and could lead to a world war,” Dehghan said.’
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