India, June 19 -- North Korea on Thursday backed Iran amid the conflict with Israel, with its spokesperson for the foreign ministry in Pyongyang expressing "serious concerns" regarding Israeli's military attack against Iran.

As per state-run KCNA, the official further accused Israel of raising the dangers of an "all-out war in the Middle East."

"The present grave situation witnessed by the world clearly proves that Israel, supported and patronised by the US and the West, is a cancer-like entity for the peace in the Middle East and a chief culprit of destroying global peace and security," the official was quoted as saying by KCNA.

The official further called out Israel for its "hideous act of aggression" for violating Iran's sovereignty...