Iran claims it has nothing to do with the drone attack in Jordan, the Iranian government agency IRNA reported. Three American soldiers were killed in the attack. – We will respond, President Joe Biden announced on Sunday.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations said in a statement on Monday that Tehran was not involved in the attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in northeastern Jordan, near the border with Syria .
CNN reported, citing two anonymous officials, that on the night from Saturday to Sunday, a drone struck near the living quarters of the small American Tower 22 post on the border with Syria. It is unclear why air defenses did not shoot down the drone, CNN reported.
Reuters reported, citing an American official, that 34 base personnel were under observation for possible traumatic brain injury. The Pentagon did not provide details on the type and severity of injuries, but traumatic brain injury is a common result of large explosions, Reuters noted.
Attack on American soldiers. Joe Biden responds
– We will respond – President Joe Biden announced during a meeting with voters in South Carolina , asking for a moment of silence.
Attack on American soldiers, they are killed. Biden’s decisive response
“We are still gathering facts about this attack, we know that it was carried out by radical parties , Iran– backed militant groups also operating in Syria and Iraq,” the president said in a statement.
“Jill and I join the families and friends of our fallen – as well as Americans across the country – in mourning the loss of these warriors in this despicable and completely unjust attack,” the statement added.
