Iran Denies Role in US Embassy in Iraq Attack, Says Trump Acting Out of 'Fear'
On 12/28/20 at 7:42 PM EST
Iran has denied U.S. allegations that it played any role in recent attacks targeting Washington's embassy in Baghdad, accusing President Donald Trump of instilling further instability in Iraq with increased military movements at a crucial time for all three nations.
While rocket strikes near U.S. facilities in the Iraqi capital have become a somewhat regular occurrence over the past year and a half of heightened tensions between U.S. troops and Iraqi militias supportive of Iran, the latest barrage last week drew an ominous warning from the president himself, who claimed there was "chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq,"