Iranian officers on Monday denied involvement in a deadly assault over the weekend on a U.S. base that killed three American troops.
Iranian International Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani mentioned the assorted teams backed by Tehran within the Center East don’t take direct orders from Iran, state-run Islamic Republic Information Company (IRNA) reported.
“The Islamic Republic has no involvement within the resistance teams’ selections on the way in which they help the Palestinian nation or defend themselves and the individuals of their nations within the face of any aggression and occupation,” Kanaani mentioned in an announcement.
A drone strike on Sunday killed three U.S. service members and injured one other two dozen on the Tower 22 base in Jordan, which is near the southeastern border with Syria.
President Biden blamed the assault on “radical Iran-backed militant teams” and vowed that the U.S. would reply.
The U.S. has battled Iranian-backed militants throughout the Center East since late October, following the Israeli warfare in opposition to Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Iranian-supported militias have attacked U.S. bases greater than 150 occasions in Iraq and Syria, whereas one other proxy group backed by Tehran, the Houthis, are combating American forces within the Purple Sea and in Yemen.
Sunday’s assault marks a serious escalation within the battling, with the primary U.S. casualties because the combating began. Some outraged Republican lawmakers have known as for retaliation in opposition to Iran itself.
However Iranian spokesperson Kanaani on Monday known as the accusations that Tehran was concerned within the Jordan assault “baseless.”
Kananni mentioned the accusations have been “a blame sport and a plot by those that attempt to shield their very own pursuits and canopy up their issues by dragging the U.S. into a brand new battle within the area and upsetting it to accentuate the disaster.”
Iran’s representatives on the United Nations have additionally denied the fees that Tehran had something to do with the Jordan assault.
