Tehran, November 9 (KCNA) -- U.S. is flagman of world terrorism, Mohammad Reza Mirtajedini, vice president for parliamentary affairs, said here Friday.

He noted that the recent U.S. claims about Tehran's plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington are the same as the U.S. previous plots to deceive the international community.

He added that the U.S. has always supported terrorism and imposed pressure against the weak countries unjustly to secure its own capitalist interests.