Iran's president says Middle East has no need for US 'policeman'

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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says that the Middle East does not need the United States to be a “regional policeman”, with the two countries at war and vying for control of the Strait of Hormuz, AFP reports.

“We do not need a regional policeman: the territorial integrity and security of the region can only be guaranteed by its main players and the countries that comprise it,” he said on the sidelines of a BRICS summit in India during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

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