Iran rejects US blame game over rocket attack on embassy in Iraq

Iran has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s accusations against Tehran regarding a recent rocket attack on the American embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

According to Press TV, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded on Twitter, saying the US president's blame game was meant to divert attention from his own failures at home.

Zarif attached to his post Trump’s tweets between 2011 and 2013, in which he had accused then Democrat President Barack Obama of seeking to start a war with Iran prior to the election.

He also published a chart showing that of the 20 days with the most deaths from a catastrophic event in the US over the past century, 17 have occurred this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Also on Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh advised the US President Donald Trump to avoid any tension and “dangerous adventurism” in his final days in office, saying the Islamic Republic holds the US regime responsible for the consequences of any “unwise action.”

“Such repetitive, baseless, and fabricated allegations in the form of conventional White House blame games are meant to cast a shadow on Trump's difficult situation," he underlined.

“As we have repeatedly said, attacks on diplomatic and residential buildings are rejected, and in this particular case, the finger of blame is being pointed at the United States itself and its partners and allies in the region, who are seeking to increase tensions and create new seditions.”

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