India, June 26 -- Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, lashed out at Western countries, accusing them of bringing "nothing but plunder and violence" to West Asia.

This comes after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the region to discuss the interim deal between the US and Iran with Arab Gulf allies. In a post on X, Velayati said that the stability of Gulf Arab states "is indebted to Iran's century-long management of the Strait of Hormuz".

"The stability of Persian Gulf Arab states is indebted to Iran's century-long management of the Strait of #Hormuz. The West has brought nothing to the region but plunder and violence," Velayati wrote.

The Iranian official also targeted the nat...