Crucial Role in Fighting Terror

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has underscored Iran's critical role in fighting regional terrorism, dismissing US and Saudi charges that Tehran's is playing a ‘destabilizing role’ in the strategic region.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is the most powerful country in the region to have fought against terrorism and this is a fact well known to all concerned nations and their authorities," IRNA quoted him as saying on Sunday.
If it weren't for Iran's advisory assistance to the anti-terror campaign, other countries in the region and beyond would have been exposed as easy targets, he said.
Iran denies allegations that it is trying to destabilize the Middle East -- charges leveled by the United States and its regional allies, particularly Saudi Arabia and Israel.