IRAN threatened today to “decisively respond” to any attack by the United States.

President Joe Biden has linked Tehran to the killing of three US soldiers at a secret military base in Jordan, which it denies.

The US has signalled it is preparing for retaliatory strikes in the wake of the Sunday drone attack that also injured at least 40 troops at Tower 22, a base in north-east Jordan that’s been used as staging post for the illegal US occupation of parts of Syria.

The Iranian warnings first came from Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York. 

He gave a briefing to Iranian journalists late on Tuesday, according to the IRNA news agency.

Mr Iravani said: “The Islamic Republic would decisively respond to any attack on the county, its interests and nationals under any pretexts.”

Revolutionary Guard commander General Hossein Salami said yesterday: “Sometimes, our enemies raise the threat and nowadays we hear some threats in between words by US officials.

“We do not leave any threat without an answer.”