An Iranian official 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'.



'Iran is blamed for terrorism, but there is no good or bad terrorist. The entire crisis in the region is the fault of Israel,' he said.



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.Latest Post