Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, called the Islamic Republic the world’s biggest supporter of terrorism and said: “In the history of mankind, no country has spent as much time and money as the Iranian government has on supporting terrorist actions around the world.”

Referring to the Islamic Republic’s regional activities, Rubio said that since 1979 the government has waged war against the United States, and that its main problem is the revolutionary nature and expansionist thinking of its leaders.

He, pointing to the role of Shiite clerics in the power structure of the Islamic Republic, said that the decisions of the leaders of this government are made based on religious beliefs and that the situation of Iran’s economy does not matter to them.

The U.S. foreign minister said: “These are not ordinary rulers of Iran. The state of Iran’s economy does not matter to them in the slightest. These are revolutionaries.”

Rubio added that, according to the foundational documents of the Islamic Republic, the leader of this government does not consider himself only the leader of Iran, but rather claims leadership over all Muslims and considers the export of the revolution as one of his duties.