Iran’s top security official has compared U.S. President Donald Trump to the infamous leader of Nazi Germany, saying: “Trump’s statement that he wants to create peace through strength is a strange one because Hitler said the same thing.

Ali Larijani, who leads Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said Trump was nothing more than a “mere businessman," according to remarks from an event in Tehran on Thursday night, where Larijani denounced the U.S.'s approach to Middle East diplomacy and rebuffed the Gaza peace summit in Egypt, which Tehran deliberately skipped.

Newsweek has reached the U.S. State Department and Iran's Foreign Ministry for comment.

Why It Matters

Larijani’s remarks highlight a sharp deterioration in Iran-U.S. relations and rising regional tensions. During Isra

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