NEW DELHI: The Iranian embassy in Delhi lashed out at US secretary of state Michael Pompeo for calling Iran the “largest state sponsor of terrorism '' in the world, saying the remark was a part of the US ploy to push for more confrontation in the region. Pompeo had made that remark while addressing the media here on Wednesday.

“The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi categorically rejects baseless allegations of the US Secretary of State leveled against Iran during a Joint Press Conference held in New Delhi on 26 June 2019.

These allegations are nothing than continuation of forging unfounded accusations and fabrications by the US Administration specially State Secretary Pompeo to push for more hostilities, instability and confrontation in the region.'' it said in a statement.

It said the miscalculations and wrong understanding of the US administration towards other nations and many international and regional issues have aggravated the situation between the US and the rest of world which is very clear and undeniable.

"In following this approach, the US is openly sowing seeds of hostility against the peaceful people of Iran through maximum economic pressures in particular unfair sanctions as a brutal act of terrorism. The US has defined its interest in generating and aggravating regional disputes, and exacerbating conflict and insecurity to fuel an arms race and create bigger markets for its weapons," it said.

