Tehran, Sept. 23 -- Iran's General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Central Headquarters of Khatam al-Anbiya on Tuesday condemned US President Donald Trump's remarks against Iran, accusing him of using threats and the UN platform to create insecurity and for domestic propaganda.

Iran's military authorities said the US President's statements were "merely a tool for domestic propaganda".

"The hostile statements & repeated threats by the US president against Iran, accompanied by the use of the UN platform to justify aggression, create insecurity and engage in piracy around the world, are, before being based on realities on the ground, merely a tool for domestic propaganda," the statement said.

This remark came shortly after Trump, while ...