Iran says it is not involved in any actions against US military forces -Tasnim
Iran's U.N. envoy, Amir Saeid Iravani, stated that Iran denies involvement in actions or attacks against U.S. military forces, as reported by the Tasnim news agency. The United States has attributed a series of attacks in Middle Eastern waters to Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi group since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7. U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan, in a briefing on Monday, asserted that these attacks by the Houthis are believed to be fully enabled by Iran.
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Iran's U.N. envoy, Amir Saeid Iravani, said his country has not been involved in any actions or attacks against U.S. military forces, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.
The United States has blamed Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi group for a series of attacks in Middle Eastern waters since war broke out between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Oct. 7.
In a briefing with reporters on Monday, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
Washington has "every reason to believe that these attacks, while they were launched by the Houthis in Yemen, are fully enabled by Iran".
In the latest incidents, three commercial vessels came under attack in international waters in the southern Red Sea on Sunday. The Houthis acknowledged launching drone and missile attacks against what they said were two Israeli vessels in the area.
The Carney, a U.S. Navy destroyer, shot down three drones on Sunday as it answered distress calls from the commercial vessels. The U.S. military says the three vessels were connected to 14 separate nations.
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