Iran on Saturday blamed what it called Donald
Trump's "arbitrary and conflicting policies" for global security
threats, rejecting the U.S. president's description of Tehran as a rogue
state.
Tensions between Iran and the United
States have heightened since the election of Trump, who has often
singled out Tehran as a key backer of militant groups.
"(Trump)
ought to seek the reason for subversion and rebellion in his own
arbitrary and conflicting policies and actions, as well as those of his
arrogant, aggressive and occupying allies in the region," said foreign
ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi, quoted by Iran's state news agency
IRNA.
President Trump said on Thursday that new
threats were emerging from "rogue regimes like North Korea, Iran and
Syria and the governments that finance and support them".
Senior
Iranian officials have blamed U.S-allied Saudi Arabia, Iran's Sunni
Muslim regional rival, for instability and attacks in the Middle East,
including last month's assaults that killed 18 people in Tehran.
Saudi Arabia has denied involvement in the attacks which were claimed by Islamic state.
While
Trump has kept up his criticism of Tehran, a senior U.S. official said
on Thursday that the president was "very likely" to state that Iran is
adhering to its nuclear agreement with world powers although he
continues to have reservations about it.
