Iranian president accuses Israel of seeking wider conflict

On US visit, Masoud Pezeshkian says there is no winner in warfare' and also says Iran ready to reopen nuclear talks

Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has accused Israel of fanning the flames of war in the Middle East and said he hoped Iran could avoid being dragged into acting in a way not worthy" of it, as he spoke to the media on his first official visit to the US.

The reformist, who took office in July after winning an election on a ticket of better relations with the west, said during a roundtable with journalists as he attended the UN general assembly in New York that no one benefited from war and that anyone who said otherwise was deluding themselves.