A woman walks past anti-US graffiti outside the building formerly hosting the embassy of the United States in Tehran – today known as the “Den of Spies” museum – on 30 January 2024, amid tensions between Iran and the US over the regional repercussions of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Following the killing of US troops on the Jordanian-Iraqi border that Washington blamed on Iran-backed groups on 28 January, Tehran has since denied any links to the attack and urged diplomacy while keeping vigilant of a possible US response.
Iran’s
envoy to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani warned that Tehran would respond
decisively to any attack on its territory, its interests, or Iranian nationals
outside its borders, state media reported on Wednesday.
The
comment from Amir Saeid Iravani comes a day after United States President Joe
Biden announced he has decided how to respond to a drone attack by Iran-aligned
Iraqi groups that killed US service members in Jordan, without elaborating.
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Several
Iranian Revolutionary Guards have been killed following Israeli strikes in
Syria, with five members dying on 20 January and another two on 25 December.
On
Monday, another Israeli strike hit what Iran’s Tasnim news agency described as
an “Iranian military advisory centre” in Syria, killing two, but
Iran’s envoy to Syria denied the details on the target and said the casualties
were not Iranian.
On
15 January, Iran attacked what it says was an Israeli “spy
headquarter” in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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