Iran in the middle of war - Ali Larijani

Iran's National security council chief Ali Larijani said that "we are in the middle of a war", with "these incidents being directed from outside".

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said Iran is in the midst of a war. According to him, there is no peace and no ceasefire yet.

"Israel is behind the current situation," Ali Larijani said.

He said that the enemies changed tactics and decided to target Iran’s element of strength, namely national unity.

The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the enemies took advantage of the protests held by the business people and bazaar in order to foment violent unrest and transformed the protests into a war.

Larijani described the saboteurs and vandals as part of a “quasi-terrorist urban group”, saying the fact that they rushed to storm military and law enforcement centers to acquire weapons.