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Iran threatens to ‘decisively’ respond to any US attack
Iran's United Nations Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani addresses the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on February 23, 2023

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.

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