Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Iran has been one of the main victims of global terrorism since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Speaking during a provincial visit on Thursday, he said numerous Iranian officials have been killed in terrorist attacks over the years. His remarks were reported by Al Jazeera.

The statement came in response to former U.S. President Donald Trump’s accusation that Iran is the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism. Pezeshkian countered that if the situation were viewed fairly, it would be clear that Iran opposes terrorism and has suffered from it both regionally and globally.

Pezeshkian also reaffirmed that Iran does not seek to develop nuclear weapons, citing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s religious decree banning weapons of mass destruction issued in the early 2000s.