Iran’s president accused Israel of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a wider conflict.

Iran is prepared to de-escalate tensions with Israel as long as it sees the same level of commitment on the other side, President Masoud Pezeshkian said.

We want to live in peace,” Masoud Pezeshkian told reporters in New York City as the United Nation General Assembly gets underway. “We don’t wish to be the cause of instability in the region."

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday accused Israel of seeking a wider conflict, insisting that Tehran has been deliberately holding back in the hope of securing regional peace."We know more than anyone else that if a larger war were to erupt in the Middle East,

Iran’s president accused Israel of attempting to escalate the conflict in the Middle East. He highlighted recent events such as deadly explosions of electronic devices in Lebanon and the assassination of Hamas' political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran as evidence of Israel's intent.

Iran's U.N. envoy warned the country had the "right to take all necessary measures to respond to this egregious violation."

Masoud Pezeshkian told about two dozen media representatives Monday that Iran doesn't want to see the current war in Gaza and airstrikes across the Israeli-Lebanon border expanded.

Iran's new president on Monday accused Israel of seeking regional war, as he attempted to cast Tehran as restrained and appealed to the West for talks on flashpoint issues.