Iran says it has no link to drone strike in Jordan that killed US soldiers

'Iran had no connection and had nothing to do with the attack on the US base. There is a conflict between US forces and resistance groups in the region, which reciprocate retaliatory attacks', Iran's mission to the UN said.

Iran's mission to the United Nations said in a statement on Monday that Tehran was not involved in an attack that killed three US service members in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border.

In a statement published by the state news agency IRNA, the mission said: "Iran had no connection and had nothing to do with the attack on the US base. There is a conflict between US forces and resistance groups in the region, which reciprocate retaliatory attacks."

US President Joe Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces, the first deadly strike against US forces since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October and sent shock waves throughout the Middle East.

The attack is a major escalation of the already tense situation in the Middle East, where war broke out in Gaza after an attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel on October 7.