Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the United Kingdom needs to take a retrospective look at its past destructive actions in the Middle East, instead of accusing Iran of sabotage in the region.

Speaking at the annual summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in Bahrain's capital Manama on December 7, British Prime Minister Theresa May said that Britain would help the GCC states “push back” against what she claimed to be Iran’s “aggressive regional actions.”

Qassemi reacted to the remarks in his press briefing on Monday, saying, “These countries, which broach [such claims], can place a mirror in front of themselves to see their past in it and then decide what countries are responsible for the region’s [current] grave situation.”

Qassemi also said that Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had contacted US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the issue with him and deliver Tehran’s relevant warnings to Washington.