A close adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Sunday that Tehran still considers itself at war with both Israel and the United States and that a new escalation could begin at any moment.

The remarks by Yahya Rahim Safavi, a senior general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and longtime confidant of Khamenei, were reported and translated to English by opposition-linked news outlet Iran International.

“We are not in a ceasefire, we are in a stage of war. No protocol, regulation, or agreement has been written between us and the U.S. or Israel,” Safavi declared.