America: We had no role in the attack on the Iranian consular building
The spokesperson of the US State Department once again claimed that he was not involved in the Israeli attack on the Iranian consular building in Damascus on Monday. |
According to the international group Tasnim news agency, “Matthew Miller”, the spokesperson of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press conference On Wednesday, he once again claimed that his country was not involved in Monday’s Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus. We had no role in this attack, we did not know about it before it happened, and we warned Iran not to use this attack as an excuse to attack American forces and bases.”
Before this Axios base And Sky News, quoting American officials, had reported that Israel had informed Joe Biden’s administration of its intention for this attack before attacking the Iranian consular building. Despite this, the American officials claimed that this notification was made a few minutes before the start of the attack.
On Monday, April 13, Israeli warplanes attacked the building attached to the Iranian embassy in Syria. Hossein Akbari, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Syria, said that the attack was carried out with an F-35 fighter jet and six missiles.
Hours later, the IRGC published reports about the martyrdom of generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haj Rahimi. and confirmed five of their companions in this attack. This attack has been opposed by various countries and authorities.
Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, UAE, Tunisia, Egypt, Venezuela, Cuba , China, Russia, the European Union and a number of other countries and international figures have condemned Israel’s actions.
The 1961 Vienna Convention Governing Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations The consular mission described them as “invulnerable”.
© | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |