ALBAWABA - The Iranian state official news agency said in a statement denying the U.S. and UK accusations that it supported militant groups behind a drone strike in Jordan that killed three US military personnel.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a press conference that he was enraged with the accusations of the U.S. and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron for what he called "unfounded claims".
“These claims are made with specific political goals to reverse the realities of the region and also indicate that they are influenced by third parties, including the child-killing Zionist regime”, Kanaani noted.
Kanaani's remarks came after British Foreign Secretary David Cameron took to X to convey his country's condemnation of the attack on Tanf air base in Jordan. "We strongly condemn attacks by Iran-aligned militia groups against US forces. We continue to urge Iran to de-escalate in the region."
U.S. President Joe Biden said that "radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq" were behind the strike on the frontier base in Jordan’s northeast.
Drone strike on Al Tanf Air Base
A drone strike at a base in northeastern Jordan killed three American soldiers and injured 34 others. The Pentagon described the assault as a dangerous escalation for American forces stationed in the region.
US troops operate at the base near Jordan’s border with Iraq and Syria as part of an international coalition against the Islamic State jihadist group, Arab News reported.
Jordanian government spokesman Muhannad Mubaidin initially stated the attack "did not happen in Jordan". He had said it "targeted Al-Tanf base in Syria", where US forces are deployed as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition.
Mubaideen expressed condolences to the United States and said the attack "did not result in any casualties among officers of the Jordan Armed Forces".
Later on, the official Petra news agency said Jordan "condemned the terrorist attack that targeted an outpost on the border with Syria, killing three US soldiers" and injuring others "from the US forces that are cooperating with Jordan in countering terrorism and securing the border".
