Iran denies involvement in the attack on US soldiers on the Syria-Jordan border

Iran on Monday denied its involvement in the drone attack that killed three American soldiers in Syria near the border with Jordan and was claimed by militias in the region, the state agency IRNA reported.

Spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Naser Kananihas stated that his country has not been involved “in the operations of resistance groups in the region”, as the United States and Britain claim.

“These statements were made with specific political objectives to invert and be the reality of the region influenced by third partiesincluding the Zionist regime (Israel) that kills children,” Kananí said, according to IRNA.

The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN has also emphasized that “Iran It has no connection or anything to do with the attack against an American base,” the Iranian state agency said.

“While we are still gathering the facts about this attack, we know it was carried out by radical, Iranian-backed militant groups active in Syria and Iraq,” US President Joe Biden said in a statement.

The Al Nujaba militiaone of the most prominent members of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, has issued a statement celebrating several attacks the group has launched against US positions in Syria and Iraq, including one targeting the Al Tanf base in Syria, “which caused deaths and wounding more than 50 American soldiers.”

This is the first time since the worsening conflict in the Gaza Strip that US soldiers have been killed as a result of attacks by Iraqi militias, who have taken more than 100 actions against US positions in Iraq and Syria since the start of the war. hostilities.