Protests against the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are raging across Iran. Fuelled by economic distress, protestors are calling for the clerical regime to step down and restoration of the Shah's monarchy.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon in Florida.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday his country is in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and Europe ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s meeting Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Pezeshkian is ramping up rhetorical attacks on what he sees as unfairly repressive measures emanating from Washington and its allies.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said his nation is at war with the United States and Israel, as well as Europe more broadly. “We are in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel

Netanyahu is expected to pitch President Trump on a plan to launch new strikes against Tehran at a high-stakes meeting Monday.

Iran’s military warned it will crush any hostile act after the president said the country is effectively at war with the U.S.

If a U.S.-Venezuela war break out, that could sap the U.S. military’s ability to readily surge air and naval assets into the Middle East in another Israel-Iran war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran any attack on the Jewish state “will be met with a very harsh response.”

"In my opinion, we are in a full-scale war with America, Israel, and Europe; they do not want our country to stand on its feet," Pezeshkian said in a lengthy interview posted to the official website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday.

Trump said he was planning to reinstate what he called the "maximum pressure" policy against Iran over allegations it is trying to develop nuclear weapons.