Tehran, April 21 -- : Iran on Saturday strongly condemned United States' decision to declare Israel's sovereignty on Golan Heights.

"Iran strongly condemns the US President Donald Trump's decision on Golan Heights," Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the Iranian parliamentary delegation in the Iraqi parliamentary summit, as saying.

Boroujerdi made these remarks at Iraq's parliamentary summit which kicked off in Baghdad on Saturday.

The US faced global condemnation after President Trump signed an official decree in Washington DC on March 26, in the presence of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recognising Israel's sovereignty on Golan Heights.

The proclamation escalated tensions between Syria and I...