Iran on Monday denied any involvement in the drone strike that killed three American soldiers in Jordan and reiterated that it does not seek to “expand” the conflict in the Middle East.
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“The Islamic Republic does not want the conflict in the Middle East to expand,” State Department spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a statement, as US President Joe Biden vowed retaliation following the attack.
Mr. Kanani reiterated that in the context of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the unprecedented attack by the resistance groups, Tehran “is not involved in the decisions of the resistance groups about the way they support the Palestinian nation.” Islamist movement on October 7th.
These groups “do not take orders from the Islamic Republic” and “they decide their actions based on their own principles,” he stressed.
Joe Biden said he knew the attack was “carried out by groups of radical fighters backed by Iran and operating in Syria and Iraq,” while British diplomat chief David Cameron called on Iran “to… to de-escalate the region.”
Such statements “show” that countries “are influenced by third parties, including the Zionist regime that kills children,” responded Mr. Kanani, referring to Israel.
The Iranian spokesman also said that “repeating these accusations without evidence” is “a conspiracy by those who see an interest in drawing the Americans into a new struggle in the region, in expanding and escalating the crisis to solve their problems.” hide.”
Since mid-October, more than 150 drone strikes or rocket attacks have targeted American and coalition soldiers in Iraq and Syria.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of fighters from pro-Iranian armed groups, claimed responsibility for “drone attacks carried out at dawn on Sunday morning” on three bases in Syrian territory, including those of Al-Tanf and Rukban near the point , where Iraq, Syria and Jordan meet.