Iran to ‘decisively respond’ to any US attack as Biden ponders assault response

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 state-run IRNA news agency (Bebeto Matthews/AP)

Iran said it would “decisively respond” to any US attack on the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden’s linking of Tehran to the killing of three US soldiers at a military base in Jordan.

The US has signalled it is preparing for retaliatory strikes in the Middle East in the wake of the Sunday drone attack which also injured at least 40 troops at Tower 22, a secretive base in north-eastern Jordan that has been crucial to the American presence in neighbouring Syria.