Iran is prepared to start World War III if the Trump administration meddles with its nuclear pact, according to a top official from the Mideast country — who tempered his saber-rattling by saying such an outcome is unlikely because the president-elect is, above all else, a businessman.

“Considering Trump’s character and that he measures the cost of everything in dollars, it does not seem likely that he would take strong action against our country,” Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan told a security conference in the capital of Tehran on Sunday.

Still, Dehghan warned that Israel and the Gulf states would be annihilated if Trump makes good on some of his campaign promises involving the tense region, according to the site, which quoted the Mehr news agency.

“Enemies may want to impose a war on us based on false calculations and only taking into consideration their material capabilities,” Dehghan said. “Such a war would mean the destruction of the Zionist regime (Israel) … and will engulf the whole region and could lead to a world war.”

“Among other consequences of the war would be the destruction of the city-states on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, because they lack popular support,” he continued, referring to the tiny Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar.

During the 2016 election, Trump promised to redo the nuclear pact with Iran, calling it a “disastrous” deal.

He criticized the Obama administration for limiting Iran’s nuclear program while lifting international sanctions on the country, freeing up tens of billions of dollars in frozen assets.