The US navy introduced on Sunday, January 28, an armed drone assault on US forces within the area, which US President Joe Biden blamed on Iranian-backed militias.
In an preliminary response, Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations stated the Islamic Republic had “no involvement” within the assault on U.S. forces and described the assault as the results of “conflicts between U.S. forces and resistance forces within the area.” did.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Qanani additionally stated that Iran was not liable for the assault on the US navy base and that it had “no involvement within the selections taken by the resistance forces to defend Palestine and their nation.”
After three U.S. troopers had been killed in a drone strike in Jordan, Democratic Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Jack Reed stated in an announcement that he was assured the Biden administration would reply to the assault in a measured and measured method. He stated there was. in a proportional method.
“We will reply,” President Joe Biden stated within the newest response to a lethal assault by an Iranian-backed militia that killed three U.S. troopers in northeastern Jordan.
US Vice President Kamala Harris additionally blamed the Iranian regime for the assault.
“America’s coronary heart is heavy at this time. Last evening, an unmanned drone assault on U.S. forces stationed in northeastern Jordan, close to the Syrian border, killed three U.S. service members and injured many others. We are nonetheless accumulating information, however we all know it was carried out by Iranian-backed extremist armed teams working in Syria and Iraq.”
The Iranian regime helps many terrorist organizations within the area. It has used these proxies to assault U.S. forces within the area, particularly because the conflict started in Gaza in October. Iranian-backed forces have carried out greater than 150 assaults in opposition to targets within the area because the begin of the conflict. This is the primary time such an assault has resulted in American casualties.