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Iran has no link to drone strike against US soldiers in Jordan: Kanani

ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency

Mon / 29 January 2024 / 12:22

Iran views claims it is involved in an attack that killed three U.S. service members in northeastern Jordan near Syria's border as "baseless", foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.

Tehran-ISNA- Kanaani said the continuation of U.S. strikes on Syria and Iraq as well as the war in Gaza will only intensify a cycle of instability in the region.

U.S. President Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the unmanned aerial drone attack on U.S. forces, the first deadly strike against U.S. forces since the Gaza war erupted in October.

Kanaani said "resistance groups" do not take orders from the Islamic Republic.

Earlier, Iran's Mission to the United States issued a statement affirming that "Iran had no connection and had nothing to do with the attack on the U.S. base."

It added: "There is a conflict between U.S. forces and resistance groups in the region, which reciprocate retaliatory attacks."

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