IFP- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed the groundless allegations raised by US National Intelligence Director Dan Coats about the danger of Iran�s regional influence.

In a Thursday statement, Qassemi slammed as �worn-out� and �baseless� the claims raised by Coats about the US concerns over Iran�s influence in the region, adding that no country has tried as much as Iran did to ensure stability and peace in the Middle East.

�Such remarks [by American officials] are rooted in the US policy and approach of creating and promoting false and self-fabricated threats and terror in different parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East,� he added.

�This is a profitable policy for Washington and a destabilizing one for the world and West Asia,� Qassemi noted, stressing that understanding and confronting such a policy requires the farsightedness and vigilance of all regional leaders and nations.

The Iranian spokesman�s statement came after Coats framed global cyber-security threats in stark terms on Tuesday, saying, �Russia, China, Iran and North Korea pose the greatest global cyber-threats.�