Biden: We Will Counter Iran’s Drone Attacks Against U.S. Interests
U.S. President Joe Biden has stated that the United States will not leave attacks by the Islamic Republic, including drone strikes, unanswered. This refers to a recent attack on a U.S. military base in southern Syria. The U.S. holds Iran responsible for this attack.
Joe Biden, on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit in Rome, addressed the need for the Islamic Republic to return to Vienna negotiations as well as the country’s drone attacks on U.S. positions and interests in the region during a press conference.
Reuters news agency reported on October 31st (November 9th) on the U.S. president’s remarks regarding Iran.
Biden emphasized at this press conference that the country will confront any action taken by the Islamic Republic against U.S. interests.
The U.S. president particularly stressed countering drone attacks carried out by forces backed by the Islamic Republic against U.S. interests in the region.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also announced new sanctions by his country related to drone activities in response to the recent attack on U.S. positions in southern Syria.
The United States, in this connection, sanctioned Said Aghajani, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force drone unit, and three others last week.
The United States has stated that the Islamic Republic directly or through sending these drones to its backed forces in the region attacks U.S. positions and this country’s allies.
This includes the drone attack on the oil tanker “Mercer Street.” Israel, the United States, and its European allies hold the Islamic Republic responsible for this drone attack.
It should be noted that the U.S. president and leaders of the three European countries involved in the 2015 nuclear deal met and held talks on Saturday, October 30th, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome.
These four countries have asked the Islamic Republic to return to the negotiating table for reviving the JCPOA in Vienna. The sixth round of these talks concluded on June 30th, and since then, despite more than four months passing, the Islamic Republic has not yet announced the exact date for returning to these negotiations.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian recently announced that Iran will return to these negotiations before the end of November. It should be noted that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors meeting is also scheduled to be held this month.
Source: DW
