“The media furor of the US regime and some European countries over Iran is a futile Iranophobic attempt aimed at justifying their illegal and anti-human rights actions against the Iranian people,” Nasser Kanaani said in a post on his Twitter account on Saturday night.

“Creating external crises and playing a blame game is a threadbare tactic of the West and the apartheid Zionist regime to cover up their internal crises amid repeated popular protests and strikes, particularly when they are facing tough challenges on the international stage,” the Iranian spokesman added.

In remarks at a meeting with a group of Iranian officials and foreign ambassadors on Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined that the enemies are focused on fomenting Iranophobia due to the Islamic Republic’s support for Palestine.

“Unfortunately, the governments that are obliged to help the Palestinian nation themselves agree with the Iranophobic acts of the enemies of Islam," the Leader said.