Senior Iranian diplomat Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi says Israel is on the path to its imminent annihilation and is weakening by the minute.

Mousavi, the Iranian ambassador to Syria, said Monday that the Zionist regime is now in the worst situation ever since the occupation of Palestine began 60 years ago.

"Israel is the greatest tool in West's disposal to continue the path of hegemony in the Middle East," said the envoy.

Mousavi added that Washington will face a formidable challenge to continue its path of hegemonic policies in the Middle East when Israel is doomed to its imminent extinction.

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