Hossein Taeb, head of Iran’s Basij internal security unit, says the global balance of power has shifted, with the United States and Israel “in one of their weakest positions”, Al Jazeera reports citing Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

“Today, the map of global power is changing. It is no longer the case that the United States is the centre of the world and the Zionist regime the centre of the region,” Taeb says.

He adds that European countries realise they were “humiliated” by Washington and that US President Donald Trump’s national security strategy reflects Europe’s weakened position.

Taeb also warns Iranians against being “deceived” by what he describes as an apparent return by Iran’s adversaries to negotiations.

“The Iranian nation should not be deceived by this apparent return to the negotiating table,” he declares, accusing Iran’s enemies of failing to fulfil those commitments and instead returning to “breach of promises and pressure”.

Taeb claims that economic problems in the US and Israel are among the factors weakening their “front of arrogance”.