Iran says it has no link to drone strike in Jordan that killed US soldiers

Iran views claims it’s concerned in an assault that killed three U.S. service members in northeastern Jordan close to Syria’s border as “baseless”, overseas ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani mentioned on Monday.

Kanaani additionally mentioned the continuation of U.S. strikes on Syria and Iraq in addition to the struggle in Gaza will solely intensify a cycle of instability within the area.

U.S. President Biden blamed Iran-backed teams for the unmanned aerial drone assault on U.S. forces, the primary lethal strike in opposition to U.S. forces because the Israel-Hamas struggle erupted in October and despatched shock waves all through the Center East. Kanaani mentioned “resistance teams” don’t take orders from the Islamic Republic.

Earlier, Iran’s Mission to the USA issued an announcement affirming that “Iran had no connection and had nothing to do with the assault on the U.S. base.”

It added: “There’s a battle between U.S. forces and resistance teams within the area, which reciprocate retaliatory assaults.” The assault is a serious escalation of the already tense scenario within the Center East, the place struggle broke out in Gaza after an assault by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7.