India, June 11 -- Amid the latest escalation between Iran and the United States, 22 countries, including the US, have asked Iran to halt overseas attacks, allegedly, using international and local criminal gangs.

Iran's security services were condemned for their "deplorable" use of international and local criminal gangs for plots in Europe, North America and Australia, in a joint statement issued by 22 nations. Track latest updates on Iran US war

"Attempts to kill, kidnap, harass, intimidate, or otherwise attack people on our soil, undermines national sovereignty and international norms. These actions must stop immediately," the joint statement said, according to AFP.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence services and i...