ISTANBUL

Iran's top security official Ali Larijani on Thursday said that "starting wars is easy; ending them cannot be done with just a few tweets," in remarks directed at US President Donald Trump.

"We will not leave you until you admit your mistake and pay the price​​​​​​​," Larijani wrote on US social media company X.

On Wednesday, Trump said that the US and Israeli war against Iran will end "soon," because strikes have left "practically nothing left to target" in the country.

Regional escalation has flared up since Israel and the US launched a joint attack on Iran on Feb. 28 that has so far killed over 1,300 people, including Iran's then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and injured over 10,000 others, according to Iranian authorities.

Tehran retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries that are home to US military assets.