Japan's Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Wednesday encouraged President Trump to visit the city to understand the impact of nuclear warfare after the leader compared the U.S. strikes on Iran to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings of 1945.

The airstrike committed during World War II within a three day span resulted in a total of 214,000 deaths and long-lasting adverse health effects on the surrounding community.

“It seems to me that he does not fully understand the reality of the atomic bombings, which, if used, take the lives of many innocent citizens, regardless of whether they were friend or foe, and threaten the survival of the human race," Matsui told reporters Wednesday, according to

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