JERUSALEM (NEWSnet/AP) — Iran threatened Wednesday to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden's linking of Tehran to a drone attack on a base in Jordan.
The U.S. has signaled it is preparing for retaliatory strikes in the Mideast in the wake of the Sunday drone attack that killed three American troops and wounded at least 40 more at Tower 22, a base in northeastern Jordan crucial to the American presence in nearby Syria.
[Earlier Report: 3 U.S. Service Members Killed in Drone Attack]
Any additional American strikes could further inflame a region already roiled by Israel's ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The war began with Hamas attacking Israel on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostage. Since then, Israel has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians and displaced nearly 2 million others from their homes, arousing anger throughout the Muslim world.
The Iranian warnings first came from Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in New York. He gave a briefing to Iranian journalists late Tuesday, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
But Iran's government has taken note of the U.S. threats of retaliation for the attack on the base in Jordan.
“We are not after war, but we have no fear of war,” Revolutionary Guard commander Gen. Hossein Salami, known as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said at an event Wednesday, according to IRNA.
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