UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� Iran鈥檚 president accused Israel on Monday of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying 鈥渢raps鈥� to lead his country into a wider conflict.
Masoud Pezeshkian told about two dozen media representatives that Iran doesn鈥檛 want to see the current war in Gaza and airstrikes across the Israeli-Lebanon border expanded.
He said while Israel insists it doesn鈥檛 want a wider war, it is taking actions that show otherwise.
Pezeshkian pointed to the deadly explosions of pagers, walkie-talkies and other electronic devices in Lebanon last week, which he blamed on Israel, and the assassination of Hamas' political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on the eve of his inauguration.
Edith Lederer, The Associated Press
