MNA � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that distorting Iran's image and presenting it as a security threat is the main goal of the United States and Zionist regime.

Zarif made the remarks in a live Instagram interview on Saturday.

In response to the question of the strategy of the Iranian Foreign Ministry in dealing with the external pressures, Zarif said, � �The policy we chose at the beginning of 11th and 12th government dubbed �hope and prudence� was to try to interact with the world. I believe that this policy is a right and accurate policy."

However, he added, "The Israeli regime and the United States have made their utmost efforts over the past years, especially during Iran�s 2015 nuclear deal, to show Iran as a security threat.�

There is a term in the international relations that if you do not have a good relationship with a country, make it difficult for the whole world and tell the world that this country poses a security problem for you, he said.

�[The situation over] our nuclear issue provided the suitable condition for the Israeli regime to tell the world that Iran is a security threat.�

�That�s why we are facing some challenges as they [the US and the Israeli regime] have been making their utmost effort to realize their malicious objectives,� Zarif stressed.