Iranian FM Spokesman Says 'War With Israel Already Started'

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh (photo credit: Maryam Kamyab/Mehr News Agency) 

Daily Mail: Iran warns 'war with Israel has already begun' and says 'the entire crisis in the region is Israel's fault' 

* Saeed Khatibzadeh, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, reportedly made the statement to the Maariv newspaper 

* Khatibzadeh alleged that Israel 'has murdered nuclear scientists and harmed the Iranian people,' and said the crisis in the region is 'Israel's fault' 

* The comments come days after Israeli PM Naftali Bennett appealed to the UN for support in confronting Iran over the development of their nuclear programme 

* Khatibzadeh also condemned Israel for sending Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to meet with the King of Bahrain on Thursday in disapproval of the nations' developing relations 

An Iranian spokesman has declared that 'war has already begun' with Israel as tensions between the two nations reach a boiling point. 

Saeed Khatibzadeh, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, made the statement to the Maariv newspaper before going on to place the blame for the crisis in the Middle East squarely at the feet of Israel. 

Khatibzadeh claimed that Israel 'has murdered nuclear scientists and harmed the Iranian people'. 

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Update: 'War with Israel already started' says Iranian FM spokesman (Jerusalem Post)  

WNU Editor: Truth be told. Both sides have been waging low-intensity warfare for a long time.