In a statement on Sunday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi forwarded Iran’s strong protests against the issuing of such politically-motivated judgments based on unfounded accusations already raised in the past.

A judge in the US has issued a default judgement requiring Iran to pay more than $6 billion to victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The order comes in absence of any evidence of Iran’s involvement, as well as any chance given to the country to contest the case in court. Meanwhile, with 15 of the 19 hijackers of Saudi nationality, Saudi Arabia remains the main target of US citizens looking for damages in relation to the attacks.

“The court order is unacceptable and rejected,” Ghasemi said. “Not only is it a mockery of the international law system but it is also a mockery at the expense of American people, particularly the victims and the bereaved families of the September 11 attacks.”

Ghasemi went on to add, “the devisers of such political games have been making futile attempts to distort the process of prosecution and its outcome in a fictitious way and by reversing the facts.”

“They are trying to rewrite history by actions that are even against the process inside the United States and the main culprits of this terrorist attack, but they will definitely fail to achieve their objectives,” he said.

The Iranian diplomat deemed such court orders an explicit violation of the rules and procedures accepted by international law, which are based on the necessity of observing the immunity of sovereign governments.

“The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran reserves all rights to oppose this illegal procedure,” he stressed.

“I am very happy that I am meeting an Iraqi minister in Baghdad at a time that the economic, security, and social status of Iraq is growing after the eradication of the ISIL,” said Brigadier General Amir Hatami, Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistical Support, on Wednesday.

The Iranian senior official made the remarks while meeting with Iraqi Minister of Communications Hassan Kazem Al-Rashed.

“The people of Iraq have endured many difficulties and pains in the last couple of years in war against Takfirist and terrorist groups,” added the Iranian minister of defense.

“We are grateful to God for the more stable situation of Iraq of today as the terrorist group of ISIL has practically lost the occupied territories and been defeated in Iraq completely,” highlighted Brig. Gen. Hatami.

“The era of war against the ISIL was a historic age of lessons as Iran and Iraq both identified their real friends and enemies and the fake proponents of fighting the ISIL were exposed,” he asserted.

“While many government called for war on terror at the time of ISIL crisis in Iraq, practically many of those were abusing terrorist to reach their own goals and they supported them,” reiterated the defense minister.

He underlined that the Islamic Republic of Iran is honest in its resolute determination to help and support the people of Iraq and Syria and added, “Unfortunately, some are launching psychological warfare with the aim to spread Iranophobia and Shiaphobia in the region but the realities of the region demonstrated that they are total lies and the Islamic Republic of Iran is benevolent ion its call for the wronged people of the region.”

“We are after reconstructing Iraq as the continuation of the path to bolster and improve the power of Iraq in war against terrorism and being along with the Iraqi nation and government is a part of our faith and belief,” he maintained.

The Iraqi minister, for his part, voiced hope that as Iran has been very supportive of Iraq in the time to fight against terrorism, to be strongly in support of Iraqis in the time of re-constructing Iraq.

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said Sunday that police and security forces have sufficient intelligence to identify and confront the terrorist cells which plan to cross into the Iranian territories to carry out attacks.

Asked about the details of the latest security operation against terrorist cells, Rahmani Fazli said IRGC forces in cooperation with the Ministry of Intelligence clashed on Saturday with a terrorist cell which planned to cross into Iran. During the operation, some 16 terrorists were captured, one killed, and four others currently being pursued by the security forces.

Rahmani Fazli added that three security forces were martyred during the operation.

“In general, good cooperation between the public, border guards and security forces, and the constant surveillance by the Intelligence Ministry, have allowed us to identify terrorist cells and dismantle them before they could carry out any attacks on the Iranian soil,” he said.

Rahmani Fazli highlighted the importance of intelligence provided by the people, asking the public to report any suspicious activity to relevant bodies, particularly the Ministry of Intelligence, so that the threats against the country would be neutralized in time.