Iran is offering some advice to the United States as it commemorates the 14th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11: stop doing that!

This simple message appeared in Iran's state-run press and spoke on the "persistent, persuasive, and destructive" aspects of the "fables of 9/11."

"The tragedy of 9/11 should no longer be allowed to haunt the world’s collective memory and define its sense of purpose and orientation," the op-ed began. "Under the pretext of wiping out the terrorists and their movements, the United States and its allies continue to spread sectarian poison and bring pain and suffering to many others. For fourteen years, the world has only seen wars, interventions, assassinations, torture, kidnappings, black sites, the growth of the American-European spying program, and the spread of terrorism."

It continues calling the global war on terror a "circus" and states that those responsible for running it "are no longer able to justify the burial of freedom and democracy, the fierce prosecution of whistleblowers, the militarization of the police, state-sanctioned killings without trial, as well as astronomical expenses, bombing campaigns galore, repeated defeats, disasters, and failed states."

The piece, from a country currently securing itself as a world nuclear power, criticized American foreign policy as "military-first" and said it has been unable to turn the tide in the Middle East, despite engaging in multiple wars in the region.

Then, America is blamed for causing the recent surge in refugees trying to escape the tumult:

Thanks to their chest beating jingoism, millions have also become stateless throughout the region. More than 380,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean this year in search of safety in Europe. Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans, Africans, and many others walk for days and months, sleep rough on station platforms or by the side of the road, are tear-gassed and beaten at overwhelmed borders, and crammed into trains like cattle as they try to make their way north.
 
The numbers keep on growing, as the “Global Terror on Terror” keeps on spreading. The warmongers have just begun bombing Syria to make it “theirs”. But for those on the edge of Europe struggling with their own troubles, this is wishful thinking.

And turning to the influx of the refugees fleeing to Europe, Iran said there is no end in sight: "Syrian refugees continue to risk their lives to reach Europe and no amount of barbed wire or steel can stop them. For “please don’t come” Europe the nightmare has only just begun."

The concluding paragraph comes full circle to the "fables of 9/11":

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive, and destructive. The mass flight of people will go on as long as the world buys the fables of 9/11 and the “War on Terror” players show no urgency in trying to end it.

This is comforting coming from a soon-to-be-nuclear Iran that is also issuing extinction threats to Israel and refusing further negotiations with the "great Satan" -- otherwise known as the United States.