Iran on high alert as Biden mulls response to killing of US servicemen
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from on (#6J8GV)
Tehran warns Washington but regime unsure of degree of support for interventionist foreign policy
Iran has told the US via intermediaries that if it strikes Iranian soil directly, Tehran will itself hit back at American assets in the Middle East, drawing the two sides into a direct conflict.
The warning comes as Iran waits on high alert to see how the Joe Biden responds to the killing of three US servicemen deemed by Washington to have been killed by Iranian weaponry fired by a Tehran-backed militia based in Syria.
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