President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has called on the international community to stop Lebanon from becoming another Gaza.

According to The Iran Project, the Israeli regime’s intensified attacks on Lebanon, the president stated, carries the risk of dragging the entire region into conflict.

Pezeshkian is in New York to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with CNN on Tuesday, a day after Israel carried out its deadliest airstrikes on Lebanon since 2006.