The foreign ministry spokesman Qasemi also denied U.S. accusations that Iran had cooperated with North Korea.
In an interview that was aired on Saturday night, Trump accused Iran of “funding North Korea” and “doing things with North Korea that are totally inappropriate.”
Qasemi called the accusations “baseless.”
“Israel and some specific countries are raising these accusations to create Iranophobia.”
In his first speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September Trump called Iran “a corrupt dictatorship”, and the nuclear deal negotiated by his predecessor Barack Obama “an embarrassment”.
The deal, which was also supported by Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China, saw Iran agree to curbs on its nuclear program in return for the lifting of international sanctions that had damaged its economy.
Washington still maintains its own more limited sanctions on Iran over its missile program and over accusations it supports terrorism.
The Trump administration is seeking to put more pressure on the IRGC, especially over recent ballistic missile tests and what Washington has called its “malign activities” across the Middle East.
U.S. sanctions on the IRGC could affect conflicts in Iraq and Syria, where Tehran and Washington both support warring parties that oppose the Islamic State militant group.
The U.S. government imposed sanctions in July on 18 entities and people for supporting the IRGC in developing drones and military equipment.
In August, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly approved the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act” which imposed new sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missiles program.
The act, signed by Trump, also imposed sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear weapons development and on Russia for its alleged efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election.
