The UK has accused Iran-backed teams of attacking a US base in Jordan, and imposed sanctions on a community linked to Iran.
Iran summoned the British ambassador to Tehran to protest towards the “baseless accusations” and sanctions by London.
“Following the continuation of the British regime’s accusations towards the Islamic Republic of Iran, Simon Shercliff, the British ambassador in Tehran, was summoned to the Ministry of International Affairs … and was knowledgeable of our nation’s robust protest”, the IRNA state information company mentioned on Tuesday.
Whereas the assertion didn’t clarify the accusation towards the UK, it mentioned the director common of Western Europe on the Iranian international ministry, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, criticised the British authorities and mentioned its actions have been one other “harmful and unconstructive” act in direction of Iran.
“It is a bitter historic irony {that a} nation that’s the founder and supporter of organised terrorist teams, drug trafficking, and felony gangs desires to make accusations towards the Islamic Republic of Iran and its loyal and sincere forces, who’re on the forefront of preventing organised crimes,” the official, cited by IRNA, mentioned.
The summons got here after the UK introduced sanctions on Iranian officials it mentioned have been concerned in threats to kill journalists on British soil and others it mentioned have been a part of worldwide felony gangs linked to Tehran.
The UK has additionally accused Iranian-linked teams of being behind a lethal assault on US troops in Jordan.
British International Secretary David Cameron condemned the “assaults by Iran-aligned militia teams towards US forces” and urged “Iran to de-escalate within the area”.
Nevertheless, Iran denied the accusation that it had any hyperlinks to the Jordan strike that killed three US personnel and that it was not on the lookout for an “enlargement” of the tensions within the Center East.
“As we have now clearly said earlier than, the resistance teams within the area are responding [to] the conflict crimes and genocide of the child-killing Zionist [Israeli] regime and … they don’t take orders from the Islamic Republic of Iran”, Iranian Ministry of International Affairs spokesperson Nasser Kanaani was cited as saying by IRNA on Monday.
“These teams resolve and act primarily based on their very own ideas and priorities, in addition to the pursuits of their nation and folks.”
US President Joe Biden informed reporters on Tuesday that he had decided on responding to the assaults in Jordan and mentioned he holds Iran “accountable, within the sense that they’re supplying the weapons to the individuals who did it”.
