Tehran, March 21 -- As the conflict in West Asia enters its fourth week, Iranian academic Foad Izadi said more than 2,000 civilians have been killed in US-Israeli strikes and called the escalation an "unnecessary war" despite a diplomatic solution being available.

Speaking to ANI, Izadi, an Associate Professor at the University of Tehran, alleged that civilians were among the worst affected in the initial phase of the attacks.

"We have lost over 2,000 civilians, including 165 little girls, when their school was hit by American Tomahawk missiles on the first day of the illegal attacks. A diplomatic solution was available... This was an unnecessary war. Iran was not a threat to the United States," he said.

Izadi also referred to remarks ...