TEHRAN - Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday denied US allegations that Iran is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan, official IRNA news agency reported.

The allegations by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Aug 12 "are some sort of blame-shifting and an attempt to divert the public opinion of the Afghan people from Washington's assistance to the Islamic State," the statement quoted Foreign Ministry's spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as saying

"What is happening today in Afghanistan is the result of the US warmongering actions and interference in the affairs of Afghanistan," read a ministry statement.

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The allegations by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Aug 12 "are some sort of blame-shifting and an attempt to divert the public opinion of the Afghan people from Washington's assistance to the Islamic State," the statement quoted Foreign Ministry's spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as saying. 

Meanwhile, the General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces on Monday vowed to give a "powerful" response to any threat on the cyberspace, semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

The Iranian Armed Forces "reserves the right to answer threats at any level by powerful and regret-causing means," ISNA quoted the General Staff as saying in a statement on its doctrine on the international law of the cyber space.

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The principles of the international law such as the sovereign equality of states, the prohibition of the use of force and the concept of act of aggression are also valid in the cyberspace area, the statement noted.