Iran's Consulate General in Hyderabad said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio "wouldn't have posed for a picture" at the Taj Mahal if he "knew the history or architecture". "This monument was built out of love for the emperor's [Shah Jahan] Iranian wife [Mumtaz], crafted by...Iranian architects," it said. "Meanwhile, his government...threatens to wipe out Iranian civilisation," it added.