IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi in a tweet on Thursday lashed out at his US counterpart's Iranophobic remarks, saying, "Isn't it a bit wonderful to hear such things from a regime which is leading evil acts in the world?"

He also wondered if it is not strange to hear the statements from a regime which is spearheading evil and unilateralism in the world and is creator and sponsor of terrorism in the world.

Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Morgan Ortagus in her anti-Iranian remarks called on the international community to increase pressures on the Islamic Republic of Iran.