Tehran: “The United States is only fuelling insecurity in the Gulf through its presence in the strategic region,” said Chairman of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri. “The Americans have always sowed insecurity wherever they had a presence,” Baqeri told reporters in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday, according to Press TV. He emphasized that the Gulf countries are capable of ensuring security on their own and the US presence in the region has only created insecurity, Xinhua reported. Recent deployment of a US aircraft carrier to the Gulf would also add to the tensions, Zarif had said. (IANS)