Iran’s president said on Tuesday he did not see any possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he believed Washington and Tel Aviv have been “focusing on propaganda and psychological war” against his country.

“I assure you that there won’t be any war in the future,” Ahmadinejad told a news conference during a visit to Malaysia for a summit of developing Muslim nations. But he predicted Israel’s “regime” would collapse without the need for any Iranian action.

The Israelis “are a complex political group, but you should know this regime will be eventually destroyed and there is no need of any measure by Iranian people,” he said when asked to comment on whether he has called for the destruction of Israel. He also said the next US government “would need at least 30 years in order to compensate, renovate and innovate the damages done by Mr Bush.” The Iranian leader urged Washington to heal its image by “relying on (the) basis of justice, humanitarian acts and respect for human beings.”

“The greatest threat in the Middle East and the whole world ... is the United States’ intervention in other countries,” Ahmadinejad said.

Meanwhile, Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards embarked on a new round of war games to sharpen their combat readiness, amid continued tensions over the Iranian nuclear drive. “The Great Prophet Manoeuvres III” are being held by the missile divisions of the Revolutionary Guards air force and its naval vessels.

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