New Delhi, May 24 -- The Iranian Embassy in India on Sunday issued a strongly worded rejection of the remarks made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a day ago, accusing Washington of attempting to "distort the realities of the region" and deflect attention from the policies of the United States and Israel.

The statement posted by the Iranian Embassy in India, through its official handle, "Iran in India", said, "The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India rejects the recent remarks made by the United States Secretary of State regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran and emphasizes that such allegations constitute a clear attempt to distort the realities of the region and to deflect attention from the destabilizing policies of t...