TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian top diplomat strongly criticized Washington for portraying Iran as a dreadful threat posed to the region, saying that the move is aimed at justifying US military presence in the region.

"The US is pursuing an "Iranophobia" strategy to justify its [military] presence in the region, which is aimed at dominating its energy resources," Iran's Ambassador to Madrid Morteza Safari said at the meeting titled 'Iran Geopolitics and US 'Iranophobia' Policy in Middle East' in Madrid on Thursday.

"US mulls expanding its presence in the region by pursuing the 'Iranophobia' policy and has full access to regional energy resources," the envoy added, the Islamic republic news agency reported.

He described US failure for putting Iran under its control as the root cause of implementing `Iranophobia' policy.

The Iranian envoy further said that such policy is used "as psychological warfare against Iran by the US and its Western allies and has always been the cornerstone of US foreign policy over the past thirty years."

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