The attacks in the oil-producing eastern province of Deir Ezzor “they targeted infrastructure used by groups affiliated with the Corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of Iran“said the spokesman for the Central CommandJoe Buccino, in a statement.
Buccino noted that “precision strikes are aimed at defending and protecting US forces from attacks like the one on August 15 against US personnel by pro-Iranian groups,” alluding to a drone attack against a base of anti-jihadist forces led by the United States that left no casualties.
Tuesday’s attacks hit nine bunkers in a complex used for ammunition storage and logistics, the colonel told CNN separately. The United States wanted to hit 11 of the 13 warehouses but the bombardment did not end because they detected people inside, he added.
“The United States does not seek conflict, but will continue to take the necessary measures to protect and defend our people,” the military added.
Iran distances itself from those groups
But Iran on Wednesday denied any link with the armed groups attacked by the United States the day before in eastern Syria.
“The new aggression of the US military against the Syrian people is a terrorist act against groups and fighters fighting the occupation who have no affiliation with Iran,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanani.
Tension began to escalate on Sunday, when a Revolutionary Guards general “who was on a mission to Syria as a military adviser” was killed, according to Iranian media.
Tehran claims that the deployment of its forces in Syria responds to an invitation from Damascus, only as advisers.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the ideological arm of the Iranian army and is part of the blacklist of “terrorist” groups made by the United States.
nuclear talks
Iran and the United States under the mediation of the European Union (EU) They have been trying for months to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement, unilaterally broken in 2018 by the then US president donald trump.
After several twists and turns, the negotiations seemed to be on track last week in what is, according to all the parties involved, the last attempt to reach a pact between Washington and Tehran.
The objective of this agreement is to guarantee the civilian nature of the nuclear program of Iran to prevent it from acquiring atomic weapons, in exchange for a relaxation of the international sanctions that weigh on the country.
A US official said Iran has “made concessions on critical issues” and called reports of new US commitments “categorically false.”
Washington demands that Iran be banned enrich uranium beyond 3.67% and store more than 300 kilos until 2031, and thousands of centrifugesaccording to this source.
For its part, Iran has requested “some adjustments” to the agreement proposal presented by the European Union to the participants in the negotiations, said on Tuesday the head of European diplomacy, Joseph Borrellin charge of the topic.
In an interview with Spanish national television, Borrell confirmed that “most” of the participants had accepted the Iranian demands, the content of which he did not reveal, and that only “the answer from the United States was missing.”
Source: Ambito
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